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 . rethe iCmmet CJuards. and promised themthe prayers of tlie faithful during alltheir service and jierils. The action of Congress looking to aw;ir with .^jiain over the wrongs of(.nba was taken .\])ril iQth, a dayladen with Massachusetts memories;P
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 . rethe iCmmet CJuards. and promised themthe prayers of tlie faithful during alltheir service and jierils. The action of Congress looking to aw;ir with .^jiain over the wrongs of(.nba was taken .\])ril iQth, a dayladen with Massachusetts memories;President McKinley issued Ins procla-mation calling for troojjs on the 23d,and Governor Wolcott followed with Irscall to the State troops on the this time the .\rmorv in Worcesterwas a scene of al)otit all tlie excitementthat any one edifice could hold. Whennot employed in their respective vo-cations, everv actual anil every would-be militiaman was ;it the .\rmory,either drilling, disctissing the chancesof war or trying to insure an oppor-tunity for enrollment. When the Em-mets came together. Monday the 25th,for their weekly drill, the crowd of in-terested people filled all the approachesto the slied. and that immense roomthey surrounded to the (le]itli of manyrows, thereby cutting down, iriaterially, 22S WORCESTER TN THE SrANIPTI (AIT. I. I. MiiVMMAN. Fmsr M. Hints. Skionii [.ie-ut. .1. I-. llrKLtv. ) niq-ICERS. ii. the space rc(|uiri(l for drill and evolu-tions. At last Cajitain Moynihan wascompelled toi forcibly regulate the pres-sure of the crcnvd ; at the same timethere was a lartje force of the policepresent to assist in the maintenance oforder. Durini; the entire eveningCorporal Corliss was in the Companyroom taking the names of those whowished to ha\-e a chance for service. Though married men were discouragedfrom enrollment, some insisted on theirrights to go if they\ chose, and in sornecases their names were written. The evening
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