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 . lFred. W. Wellington, long and favor-alilv known for his services in the mili-tia of .Massachusetts. .\s with the other coni])anies, thefirst meeting after the issuing of theGovernors proclamation was at theArmory on the evening of the 29th,and i
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 . lFred. W. Wellington, long and favor-alilv known for his services in the mili-tia of .Massachusetts. .\s with the other coni])anies, thefirst meeting after the issuing of theGovernors proclamation was at theArmory on the evening of the 29th,and it proved a crucial moment in thelives of these young men. Soldieringfor jilay and soldiering for businesswere so very different that an earnestand vigorous presentation of the situa-tion was made by several of the mem-bers; particularly. Lieutenant Fish as-sured them that they were entering onno picnic excursion: this to contra-dict an impression which in some wayhad received credence that the affairwould result in a few months sojournat Niantic or some other seaside lo-cality, thus proving a red-letter holi-day season, a prolonged outing, as itwere. The Armory itself was crowdedwith a throng of visitors, all anxiousto further the cause or to satisfy a nat-ural curiosity to see how the men en-dured the ordeal. 160 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH C 5 f= 2 ti its ™-i ^- o E s . ? — qW^ . 5 J-- 5 if: u o . o g w ? -x o -• =• ii r, _• > ^ • :^ C . • j; E O n o ..-— ^u ^^t: c aj n ^.» KPo. , .0, -U RIFLES, rOMIAXV 161 Captain Holdcn carK- pre iclainie(l hisdesire to recruit men, nut liovs, forthe exactions made demanded settledconvictions and firm the question been one of the Com-panys goinjj; as a whole, there wouldhave been no hanging- back, but the in-dividual examination and the possiblerejection of man} put a new \-iew n|)onthe entire matter. Out of a nuMuber-ship of sixty, forty-one voted, two wereout of the city, and one was
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