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 . it of the work, theskipper of the craft made a present tothe Cajitain of a nice cane-seated deck-chair, a utensil highly .appreciated inthe following days of Alontauk stay,though CajJtain Barrett had little timeto occu|)y it himself. At 4 (.)cloc
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 . it of the work, theskipper of the craft made a present tothe Cajitain of a nice cane-seated deck-chair, a utensil highly .appreciated inthe following days of Alontauk stay,though CajJtain Barrett had little timeto occu|)y it himself. At 4 (.)clock, thelast load was started for camp, andgood-by was said to the IMobile, De-tention camp ma\- have been a milefrom the landing |ilace, but in themens c<indition the distance seeme<lmuch greater. Confusion ruled su-jiri-me, and few appliances necessaryto camp life were at hand. The tentswere small anil insufficient, \yhile theelexated site of the camp gave the windfull sweep, a liberty it was n(_it sl(jw and, coming as it did at a tempcr-atiue fre(|uentl\- as low at 65 it phued ha\oe with boys to the torrid 100 degrees ando\-er of Cuba. Had the governmentsent the trans|)ort to some southern])ort and thus accustomed the retm^n-iuL! in\-alids c;raduall\. ver\- likelv men CITY CUARDS, ^?oMl.\^•^? 69. Corp. A. Ci. Thompson. THO.\t.\S n. Ser(;t. E. U. Ri EOL. uii^lit l)c alive to-da} whu then siic-ciniiliod to the strain. As it was, manyof those who lixed are. after tltesenearly four years, still hackintj andcoughing from the hrnnehial iroulilesengendered \v the easterly winds ofLong Island. Remembering natures first law inthe matter of self-preservatii)n. certainthoughtful members of A became thepossessors of a complete lUizzacottoutfit which had been dumped from thewaeons. It was true that it did not .\kthi-R C. M.\( SrMON IsR.\ belong to them, l)ut what booted thatso long as it was in use, and used itwas constantly.
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