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 . be done, and the matter wasall finally loaded and perspiration andbackaches were s])ee<Iily forgotten. With men and rations on board, theConcho steams out into the harbor, andas she mo\es aw;iy there are long andliearty rounds <if a])])laus
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 . be done, and the matter wasall finally loaded and perspiration andbackaches were s])ee<Iily forgotten. With men and rations on board, theConcho steams out into the harbor, andas she mo\es aw;iy there are long andliearty rounds <if a])])lause imm theshore and from tlie other trans])orts,loaded or Awiiling. Idle brass bandson the vessels ]il,iy popular airs, andwar does not seem to be such ,iterrible affair after .all. Well out inthe bay at anchor, the transport waits while darkness settles down on the< iuards first night upon the as the ([uarters were, the\- wereenjoyed at first, so wearied \vere themen from their marchings, lack ofsleep, and the labors incident to theloading of the craft. Sleep everyeyelirl till I oclock in the morning ofthe oth. when there came a report thata S])anish fleet was at the entrance ofthe baw The -Armada of old could nothave thrown the dwellers of southerniMigland into greater consternationthan did this baseless rumor the slecp-. CoNCHo Comfort. ers in the dingy depths of the Cy the boat Fearless camean order directing the vessel back tothe dock. Hack she went, anil tliatshe might enter the slip withoutwrenching off the coverings to theport-holes, they were all carefullyclosed. The eftect upon the interiormay be imagined. What had beendreadful, now became unendural)le. CITY GUARDS, COMlAXV A. 27
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