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 . ldier declared that one of therascals had scuttled off with his ,some days later, this spot becamethe site of a hospital, and one of thecolored patients was asked iftliere wasanything that could lie done to enhancehis comfort, the poor f
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 . ldier declared that one of therascals had scuttled off with his ,some days later, this spot becamethe site of a hospital, and one of thecolored patients was asked iftliere wasanything that could lie done to enhancehis comfort, the poor fellow, to whosedisordered fanc_\- these monsters hadbecome exceedingly repulsive, replied,\es, l)uild around me a fence feethigh ami strong enough to keep outthese terrible creepers, As they madetheir wa\- through the brush, some de-claretl they made as much noise as a LIGHT INFANTRY, COMPANY C. l(l!l horse. The halt here afforded opportu-nity for salt-water baths, and an oppor-tunity to see the transports it was that the hatless messen-ger came up on horseback asking forhelp,since the Rough Riders were hard eral. We were immediately urderetlunder arms, and remained so for al)OUtan hour. The 8th and the 22d weresent forward instead, but on their arrivalthe enemy had withdrawn. Fortunatelyfor the famous Riders who never rode,. Henry J. ( MEN OF C()M1.\.\Y C. ( )ln ey T. .\ldrich. .SKR(;r. (>, \\. Steriiins WlNFIELD D. RhEI-TAN. pressed at Las liuasimas. LieutenantKing writes, I directed him to (ieneralLawtons headquarters, and a secondcourier, arriving a moment later, I sentto E. R. Shumway, thencommanding the regiment, as ColonelClark was then Acting Brigadier Gen- ihe 1st and loth Cavalry, by anotherroute, had come up just in the nick oftime, and so saved the venturesomesoldiers from even worse troubles. At 8 on this 24th day of June,the Company went to the shore to draw-rations tor three days, among other 110
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