. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Mm. Adelaide A. Calkins. Clara T. Leonard. In 1898 there was war between the United States andSpain, growing out of inhumanities practiced by the Spanishauthorities on the Cubans. The seat of war was the island ofCuba. One morning in May the Springfield companies ofthe Second Regiment, composed almost entirely of youngmen, some of them scarcely out of their boyhood, marchedfrom the State Arsenal through Main street to the railroadstation. How muc
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Mm. Adelaide A. Calkins. Clara T. Leonard. In 1898 there was war between the United States andSpain, growing out of inhumanities practiced by the Spanishauthorities on the Cubans. The seat of war was the island ofCuba. One morning in May the Springfield companies ofthe Second Regiment, composed almost entirely of youngmen, some of them scarcely out of their boyhood, marchedfrom the State Arsenal through Main street to the railroadstation. How much the composition of the citizens hadchanged since the early days when they were almost all of THE SPANISH WAR 163 English or Scotch stock is shown by the fact that among thelist of officers and privates occur names that are Irish, Ger-man, Scandinavian, French, Italian and Hebrew. The regiment camped in Framingham and soon was on itsway to Florida, whence it was to embark. Merrily did thesoldiers sing Tramp, tramp, tramp the boys are marching;Cheer up, Cuba, we will come,
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