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 . Roland 1 he preparations were goodand, under ordinary circumstances,could have been carried out as de-signed, but this is no ordinary occa-sion. Scarcely is the train of Pullmancoaches in the shed than the crowdbroke all barriers and m
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 . Roland 1 he preparations were goodand, under ordinary circumstances,could have been carried out as de-signed, but this is no ordinary occa-sion. Scarcely is the train of Pullmancoaches in the shed than the crowdbroke all barriers and made a mad rushfor the last car, in which are theirfriends the Emmets, Hands bv thethousand are reached uj) in a vain ef-fort to grasp those of dear ones seenthrough the car windows. There are wom-en who, having near and dear relativesin the Company, fight their way to theside of the car, that they may first greetthe returning soldier. For a momentit looked as though all order and re-straint had succumbed to the one madattempt to reach the loved one. At thebest, of G Company there are less thanhalf the number that, four monthsbefore, had ridden away so bravely;the others are hovering between lifeand death in the hospital, are alreadyconvalescing at home, or sleeping thedreamless sleep that knows no waking. 280 \V(1RCI-:STER IN THE SPANISH ->IK.\I-. Ill- IINAI. SIK R ICMIICI:, , Onl} a Salvatnr Rijsa cimlil iln jus-tice in (le])icting sucli a scene, hut, for-tunately, there were men in the throngwho never flinch for one minute. Themen of the honorary corps join liandsand, by sheer strength, force themasses back from the side of the old train shed had beheld manya sad scene in the long years nf uccu-pancy, but never one more patheticthan th;it which fnllows. Dr. JosephH. Kellcy appears upon the jjlatformand shouts to the swaying throng,There is a guard at either endof this ear. and no man or woman willbe ])ermiltiil tn enter, and nn man willbe alliiwed tn
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