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 . s and men of theEmmets standing by. in all, fourteenmen of the Xinth died on this tortuoustrip to Jilonlauk, and each body was of-fered as a tribute to the ocean, there torepose till I he seas give up their dead. Many reasons have been advanced i
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 . s and men of theEmmets standing by. in all, fourteenmen of the Xinth died on this tortuoustrip to Jilonlauk, and each body was of-fered as a tribute to the ocean, there torepose till I he seas give up their dead. Many reasons have been advanced ir the mortality aboard :lack of hospital acconuuodations, ineenfeebled condition of the men, etc.,but all agree as to the horribly unsani-uir\ state of the transport itself. Hav-ing recently carried cattle, no effort atcleansing had been made, only the divi-sions had been removed, and into suchfilthy space human beings like dumbdriven cattle were herded. The won-der is that so many lived, not that four-teen died. The body of Captain Uuun of theloth r. S., killed before Santiago, wascarried homeward in an imperfectlysealed casket. The stench therefrom washorrible. Only the Allwise knows howmany living, were sacrificed through thismistaken sentiment for the dead. It is Wednesday, the 31st, and last(lav of .\ugusi. that the .Mlegheny. Grave of Major CiRAdv in Cuba. 274 WORCESTER IN THE STAXtSH WAR. reaches ^^lontauk Point at <) So far as the weather was con-cerned, the voyage had l)een a smoothone, and a davs time had been saved inthe passage, perhaps the only fact con-nected with the vessel for which the pas-sengers were thankfid. The constantpresence of death had a depressing influ-ence on the passengers and enthusiasmseemed to be a forgotten trait. Onlywhen the shores of the continent ap-peared, as the vessel neared Hatteras,did the men seem to appreciate the factthat home was the locality sought. At At of the 31st, they were met bythe government
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