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 . on this day a trans-formation scene was beliehl. rivalinganything e\er seen in trookwonders, brom the to]) of a l)lock-house, surmounting a steep height atthe right nf the landing at 1 )ali|uiii. \\a^floating a Spanish tlag. Some sold
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 . on this day a trans-formation scene was beliehl. rivalinganything e\er seen in trookwonders, brom the to]) of a l)lock-house, surmounting a steep height atthe right nf the landing at 1 )ali|uiii. \\a^floating a Spanish tlag. Some soldierswith a conunendal)Ie sense of the eter-nal fitness of things had climbed to llu-spot, and,the garrison having abscond-ed, they had no trouble in hauling(lc)\vn the foreign emblem and in sub-stituting the Star-spangled since Hookers men threw out theflag of the 8th Kentucky from the noseof Lookout on the 25th of Xovenil)er,1863, had the glorious ensign been re-cei\ed with such acclaim. Tlie \aliantdeed is ascribed to Major Laniothe andtwo of his men from the Rough landing itself was effected withdifficulty on account of the rougliiiessof the sea. A steam latmch from thecruiser Xew York, with a line of smallboats in tow. comes to the side of thetransjjort. and the men had to clind) 34 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH WAR. ( )^. S«fICEO Br Landing-place ddwii a rope laililrr ami thus tiiniljlein as l)est they could. There was nostandinn on the order of their L;oin,<j,hut tlie\ had to go at once or nut atall. W hen the boats were filled theywrre drawn c iff towards the new dans^ers awaited them. (.< in-stant care was necessary to prevent thedashinsj of the boats against the ironpier. Just the moment that the boatand the landing were on a le\el, mustbe seized to jump for it. .AH militaryprecision of mo\-ement was lost sight ofin the effort to get out of the boat andto the wharf with whole skins. .Sixtyor sc\enty boats might l)e seen at oncethus
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