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 . imentionedbefore. .\ condensed account of theaffair as given by a jiarticipant is notamiss here. The story is told by Ed-ward Marshall, corresixmdent of theNew York Journal, in his ITistorv ofthe Rough Riders: ?Over at the right of Daicpiiri asug
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 . imentionedbefore. .\ condensed account of theaffair as given by a jiarticipant is notamiss here. The story is told by Ed-ward Marshall, corresixmdent of theNew York Journal, in his ITistorv ofthe Rough Riders: ?Over at the right of Daicpiiri asugar-loaf mountain rose sheer a thou-sand feet. It was called Mount Losil-tires. t)n the very summit of thisi|ueerly shaped hill was a the morning bombardment, ithad been a shining mark, but appar-ently had escaped unscathed. Therenc\or was a harder climb than tlio oneby which I reached the summit ofMount Losiltires. Finally, however, Ireached the top. The sun was blister-ing hot and the climb had exhaustedme. T sat down to get my wind. WhileI was sitting there. Surgeon La Motte,Color-sergeant Wright and TrumpeterPiatt of the Rough Riders came up byanother and an easier route. They hadwith them the flag whicii had been])resented to Captain McClintockstroop by the ladies of Phoenix, Ari-zona. It was a beautiful silk flag, and. n IN THL TrEXCHES. DeMarco and the Cuban. 182 WDKCESTER IN THE SrANISII WAR. it is now a flag with a historv. A con-sultation followed as to how to raisethe flag. There were no lanyards on theweather-beaten pole left by the Sjian-iards. Just at this moment a sailorcame climbing over the edge of the have forgotten his name. I wish Ihad it. The Rough Riders, after in-vestigating the interior of the block-house, fomid a ladder long enough toreach up to the tiny cupola above thestructure. Wrijrht and Piatt had found Rough Riders, staff and all, to the lit-tle timfier which stuck from the peakof the block-house. The little bay
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