Worcester in the Spanish War; being the stories of companies A, C, and H, 2d regiment, and company G, 9th regiment, , during the war for the liberation of Cuba, May-November, 1898, with a roster of ERShumway Camp, no30, Spanish War veterans, followed by a brief account of the work of Worcester citizens in aiding the soldiers and their families . lves not onl_\- to bales-innniition boxes were opened and of merchandise, but to the ])resence ofsolid food for the enemy in the sha|ie army mules as well. While militaryof fort\-li\e rounds per man was life la\s stress on many hue class dis-issu


Worcester in the Spanish War; being the stories of companies A, C, and H, 2d regiment, and company G, 9th regiment, , during the war for the liberation of Cuba, May-November, 1898, with a roster of ERShumway Camp, no30, Spanish War veterans, followed by a brief account of the work of Worcester citizens in aiding the soldiers and their families . lves not onl_\- to bales-innniition boxes were opened and of merchandise, but to the ])resence ofsolid food for the enemy in the sha|ie army mules as well. While militaryof fort\-li\e rounds per man was life la\s stress on many hue class dis-issued. I bit there is many a slip tinctions. it effectually erases others,twixt eup and lip. for (j oclock came, .Still as these xciung men had not leftand there was no sign of ileiiartnre. comfortable homes with the expecta-1 lour after hour passed, till fmally the tious of luxuries, they were by nonij;ht li;illiugly went b\- ami yet the means cast down. men waited. The\ had packed u|i ;ill There was no necessity of telling the their a]ipliances for comfort. They bows when the morning of the Sth of dared not unpack lest foi-\v,ird com- June arrived, for their slumbers had mauds should tind them unprepared. not been of that luxurious character The night was \er\- cold ,-ind the air that thev were disposed to repose in CITY GUARDS, COMPANV A. 25. WORCESTER GAZETTE First Lieutenant Tisdell. Caftain Barrett. Second Lieutenant Ih-m m eh. Vl;i)K CITY. FL()KII).\. the arms of ^lorpheus one mimitelong-er than darkness lasted, hencethey were up with the sun. and in manycases some time before. Tamjia beautiful, never looked morelovelv than under the rays of thismornings sun. Added to the beautiesof nature, were the works of man inthe shape of many transports and war-ships at rest or in motion, but all therefor the purpose of furthering the causewhich has brought these Massachu-setts boys anil thousands of othersfrom their far-away homes. There isthe accustomed round of early dut


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