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 . drill, but it was not till 1887 that theCom])any liecame a part of the activemilitia of .Massachusetts. A companvknnwn as the Jackson Guards of anothercity in the Commonwealth had beendisbanded by the Governor for ineffi-ciency, so on May loth, 1
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 . drill, but it was not till 1887 that theCom])any liecame a part of the activemilitia of .Massachusetts. A companvknnwn as the Jackson Guards of anothercity in the Commonwealth had beendisbanded by the Governor for ineffi-ciency, so on May loth, 1887, aftermore than thirty years, our Worcestersuccessors of the original Jacksonscame at last into their own. Time atlast makes all things even. etc. Thesituation was largely brought about byColonel Fred W. Wellington, so longa prominent figure in the military affairsof Massachusetts. Tiie first ajipearanceof the Emmets in camp was at Frani-ingham, July 19th. 1887, and they havebeen regular in their attendance since.(^n their return from this first camp,they paid a complimentary visit toColonel Wellington to express their ap-preciation of his interest in their honorary association was formedJune 9th, 1887, just between the absorp-tion into the States forces and thejourney to the first camp. Jeremiah 226 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH : 3U S^S -^ . H =5^. EMMICT GUARDS, 227 Murphy was chairman, Richard OFlyniiwas secretary, and he was sul)se(nicntlyelected historian, a position wliich liehas filled with credit to himself andhonor to the Company. \Mth the Emmets in the pi|)in<;-times of peace, this narrative Ias littleto do. The careful amialist keepsrecord of all yames, contests, dances,excursions and episodes of whatevernature, Ijut the printed story dealschiefly with the Companys experiencewhen, in battle array, it stood for theflag and the rights of a people long o]i-pressed and long struggling to freethemselves from foreign rule. 189S. Though the wreck
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