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 . - good picture of thesituation as it applied to him and verylikelv to the most of his comrades: 1. Fort Number i on Santiago Road. iiojie these letters that 1 have writtenwill reacli yon (). K. Please tell the restof the folks that I cant write t


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 . - good picture of thesituation as it applied to him and verylikelv to the most of his comrades: 1. Fort Number i on Santiago Road. iiojie these letters that 1 have writtenwill reacli yon (). K. Please tell the restof the folks that I cant write to them,fnr paper here is as scarce as food. Allwe have had for the last week or two ishardtack and bacon, and not anv toomuch (if them. Have been feeling fine,and, as long as 1 can dodge the Span-iards bullets, I do not mind the restvery much, although I would like apiart of cold milk, a good l)ath andsome clean clothes. We have not re-ceived any news from home yet, but Isuppose it is on the way. There wasnothing lor dinner this day and but lit-tle more for supper. .Mucli of the timeof the .soldiers is spent in the adding to their strength or con-sidering the bombardment, which ismore or less frequent. So poor is theaim of the enemy that the boys thinkit fun to sit on the edge of the ditchand speculate on the direction andstriking place of the missile. That noone of them was hurt or touched shouldbe sufficient comment on the


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