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 . Spring-field, and the city government, thusgradually reaching the auspicious mo-ment of final and effectual came to Com])any A .at in the Howard Street .\rmory. ourCitv (iuards being the \ery first to re-ceive their muster
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 . Spring-field, and the city government, thusgradually reaching the auspicious mo-ment of final and effectual came to Com])any A .at in the Howard Street .\rmory. ourCitv (iuards being the \ery first to re-ceive their muster-out ;it the hands ofLieutenant Edmunds of the InitedStates .Vrmy. Thus ended the nearl_\- six months ofservice for the nation, idle men wentto Springfield as soldiers, each andever\ one under authority: they re-turned as citizens, owing obedience tono one or thing save the general lawsof the land, but very likely to be bettermen for the discipline of service. Theytook a stipulated morning train underorders: they returned when they Citv Guards had done their duty,had responded in the day of nationalperil, and while there was no long rollof casualties upon the battlefield, eachman felt that he had done his duty,and that the campaign of 1898 in theSpanish War had added to the laurelsof Worcester in war. 76 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH William E. ; Ieorge L. O. Joseph II. Hoardman. C. W. Weixler. Corp. H. U. I-ay. Lewis M. Fay. (J. F. Thomas. J. II. Lowell. .\. .M. Wills. CITY GIARDS. COMlANV A. THE DEAD IN A. Though not a man in the Companysnccuinlx(l (hiring the Cuhan cam-paign, tribute had to be paid, and heupon the white horse appeared amongthe Guards at last, though his workwas not so severe as in tlie other com-panies. At this time, October, 1904, fourmen have answered the final roll-call: Joseph Henry Boardman. son ofAimable and Marv Beaudoin. was innormal condition when the regimentcame home, but he immediately sick-e
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