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 . -,the long reign of liacim came to an end. There is son-ie drilling, but the chiefincentive is past, fur there is to be nomore fighting, and officers, no morethan enlisted men, care to take over-much exercise in the hot, humid cli-mate. Foot-gear
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 . -,the long reign of liacim came to an end. There is son-ie drilling, but the chiefincentive is past, fur there is to be nomore fighting, and officers, no morethan enlisted men, care to take over-much exercise in the hot, humid cli-mate. Foot-gear has become verymuch down at the heels, and a certainSergeant in his home letter says thathis pair of shoes is really the only de-cent pair in the Company. One ingen-ious fellow, notha\ing his mending kit. Joseph L. G. .-\dams. Corp. .\lbert II. .Scott. Charles l-. \. J. Paradis. It was received \vith grateful stumachs,and as never before the soldiers appre-ciated the comforts left behind whenthey enlisted. Of these fresh meat ra-tions it must be said that the firstdavs sending from the ships coolerswere the best. Cubas heat soon madethe meat unbearable and more wasburied than eaten. with ])airs his l.)adly worn shoeswith wire, certain to hold as long as theleather does. ()n the 22d not half ofthe Con-i])anv responded to the call fordrill, so n-iany of the same being of the boys move their camping-place down to the side of the streamwhence they had already derived aboutall the comfort that their surroundings WELLl\r,TO\ RIFLES, COMPAXV II. 199 afforded. Tlie 23d brouo-ht rations offresh bread, and with fresh meat lifeseemed a little more worth living. Thecamp was moved over the trenches. One day during the post-surrenderwait, certain Welling-tons started
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