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 . d almost every daysomethingin the mail line gladdens theeyes of the men. Xor are rumors want-ingthatthe departure is at hand. Whilethe Guards do not succumb to the grimdestrover. almost everv dav sees some 62 WORCESTER I\ THE SPANISH WAR. poor bo
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 . d almost every daysomethingin the mail line gladdens theeyes of the men. Xor are rumors want-ingthatthe departure is at hand. Whilethe Guards do not succumb to the grimdestrover. almost everv dav sees some 62 WORCESTER I\ THE SPANISH WAR. poor boys remains laid awav in thegrave. Some doubtless thought of therhymes, familiar in bo\hoods davs,from The Rurial of Sir John ^foore:No useless coffin enclosed his in sheet nor in shroud we boundhim,But he lay like a warrior taking his rest,Witli his martial cloak around him. At the best, only a blanket or half of ashelter-tent is devoted to enwrappingthe clay now to nioKler back tci kin-dred earth. August moves slowly along with fewvariations. Alen are going to the hos-pital and returning thence, and all arewondering what the\- are staving eighth day brought the pa_iaster,and compensation for two months. Thenthe chief lacking was a place where thepay might be profitably spent. The sur-roundings afforded nothing, and there. 1^ ^ ^k^ 4if ?yd;?^ :^f^ *Ve Urave Orderly and (jeneral was not even the old-time solace of asutler with his high-])riced commodities.( )ne might wonder where the chaplainof the Second was during all these trv-inghours,but the records appear singu-larly silent as to the offices of this gen-tleman. Ifhewerethe ministering angelthat army clergymen are supposed tobe, nothing of his deeds reached theears of Conqjanv A. but over in theTwenty-second Regulars was a cha|)-lain who had the ears and hearts of hismen, irrespective of creed. The priest,Father Iltzgerald. though his faith wasforeign to that <)f most of the men inthe Second,
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