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 . ou enoughto fill a tablespoon. In the definite arrangements forcani]iing, H. A. Mower was put in asconk, with AA. H. \Nood and W. \dams assistants, and, with the ex-ce])tion of a lack of variety, the farewas good; as one man wrote homethey had
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 . ou enoughto fill a tablespoon. In the definite arrangements forcani]iing, H. A. Mower was put in asconk, with AA. H. \Nood and W. \dams assistants, and, with the ex-ce])tion of a lack of variety, the farewas good; as one man wrote homethey had two pieces of bacon, a potatoand coftee for breakfast; for dinner thesame, less the potato, while for sup-per they had beans and coffee, al-ways accompanied by all the hardtackthat an\- one cared for. By commonconsent, l~irst .Sergeant Charles IiRST Lieut. ]-ish. C.^PT. HoLDEN. .Second Lieit. Okay. vni:>R nrv. see. Ill bet 1 beat him by a mile. Itis a good sign when a regiment makesjokes at the ex|)enst of its eoiuage. Itis likely to l)e most uni)leasant whenthe lighting begins, it seemed a factalmost too good to be true that thegreat complaint nf the Xew Nork menwas the >upcr;diundaiuA- of beansserved out to them, ami thai the tirstcomplaint of the sons i)f Massachusettswas that they had not recei\(.-(l l)eansenough, Ueausfor l.)reakfast, beansfor lunch. In-ans for dinner—t ell 1growleil the Xew Yorkers, .Vnd as Monrcic was made the weather re-corder, and sometimes the mercury inhis lent rose prett_\- high, though hefinds no difficult}- in dining there withthe record of 107 degrees as he eatshis dinner. ( )ne (if the other sergeantshad great difficulty in getting enoughto satisfy his ajipetite, but once at leasthe was com|ielled to cr}, Hold,euiiughl oil the sixth helping of beefand pdtatoes. ( )u the 20th Sergeant
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