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 . companies, one atPortland, the other at Worcester; bothat that time being within the .State ofMassachusetts. On June 6th, 1803, the charters weresigned by Caleb Strong, then (Governor of the State. They were designated asthe Portland Light Infant
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 . companies, one atPortland, the other at Worcester; bothat that time being within the .State ofMassachusetts. On June 6th, 1803, the charters weresigned by Caleb Strong, then (Governor of the State. They were designated asthe Portland Light Infantry and the^^orcester Light Infantry; both theseorganizations are on active duty to-day, with all the strength and vigor ofthe first parade, but of those who madeu]i their rank and file not one remains. The last survivor of the originalWc)rcester Light Infantrv was CharlesTappan. He was born in Northampton,Mass., in 1784. He came to Worcesteras an apprentice to Dr. Isaiah Thomas,and served his apprenticeship in theoffice of the Massachusetts Spy. Hewas one of the charter members of theWorcester Light Infantry (in 1803),and for ten years was identified with it. In 1813 he removed to Portsmouth,N. H., and soon after went with othersin the Swedish Iirig Margaretta to , N. and filled her with Britishgodds, intending to take them to Bath,. James Logan. LTGIIT IXKAXTRY, COMPANY C. 153 Me., to dispose of. All they liacl tofear were American privateers,and theyhired Captain Samuel Blythe of H. brig- Boxer to convey them to theKenneijec River. It was agreed thatwhen the}- were about to enter themouth of the river, two or three gunsshould be fired over them, to have theappearance of trying to stop themshould any idle people be looking on. Lieutenant A\illiam Burroughs ofthe U. S. brig Enterprise lay in Port-land Harbor, and hearing the guns, gotunder way, and, as is well known, cap-tured the Boxer after a severe engage-ment which lasted forty minutes, inwhich both commande
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