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 . - 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
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 . - 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 commanders were killed,and three days later, Sept. 8th (1813).were buried at Portland in the samegrave with military honors. Tappan,after disjiosing of the cargo of theMargaretta, went to Boston, and aftera few years removed to Washington,D, C, where, in 1874, he died, aged govears and 8 niuntlis, the last of the. Major F. G. Stiles. original members of the WorcesterLight infantry. l-or one hundred years, the 6th dayof June when it did not fall upon Sun-day, or when the com])anics were notengaged in actual service, has been setapart by hnth organizations to cele-brate the anniversary of their it is most fitting that after thela])se of one hundred years these twincompanies, the Portland and the Wor-cester Light Infantry, should celebratetheir natal day together. We are here for that purpose to-night, to keep the record unbroken,and give inspiration tn those who, inthe years to come, shall comprise theirnieiiibership. Lor we feel assured thatthese Iwii organizations, that have sur-mounted all obstacles for one hundredyears, are too deeply imbedded in thehearts of the people of Portland and\\orcester to ever die out. Their ex-istence must be perennial. When the Worcester Light Infantrywas organized in the town of Worc
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