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 . neyto Santiago is reache(l and a sharpturn is made to the right. The roar of artillery and the rattleof rirtes have become so uniform thatthe men are losing their nervousnessand await orders for their own ]iartici-pation with eagerness, for the h
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 . neyto Santiago is reache(l and a sharpturn is made to the right. The roar of artillery and the rattleof rirtes have become so uniform thatthe men are losing their nervousnessand await orders for their own ]iartici-pation with eagerness, for the heat ofthe battle begins to glow in each mansbreast. .Again there is a deflection tothe right, and. adxancing, the battalionfinds itself under fire. The enemysrange, however, is too high of the trees sufl:er more thantlu- adxancing lines. Wounded menare seen b\- the roadside, in \aryingdegrees of suffering. Owing to the in-creasing danger, cover is sought in theedge of a wood. It was at this pointthat Irivate Ieter hite was struckjiv ;i spent ball, the same striking himupon the shoulder, and he went downat once, onl\- (piickly to rise again, ashe found that the stroke was in nowav serious, the bullet ha\ ing hit thecanteen strap. It was during this separation Fairbanks added to his reputa- CITV crARUS, A. 45. Map of Kl Caney klp. tion for coolness ami the boys eversing his jiraises as they discourse (inthe way the Dand} Major keptthings in order. That he misjht know-just where the_\- were, he called for acouple of men to accom]iany him asorderlies on a reconnoissance which heundertook. He advanced far enoughto find the regimental adjutant, andalso to be so much exposed that ontheir return. Irixate Fischer \-o\ved hedidnt wish to be orderly any longer,being quite willing to forbear any andall honor connecteil with the position,but he continued to serve, just thesame. The impatient waiting was to ha\ean end, and it came when an order
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