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 . rc still living inthe old country. .Kt the age of eight-een, in company with an aunt, he cameto America, stojjping first in XevvYork city. He very soon came toWorcester, and for five years had beena member of the Emmets. His voca-tion was that of
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 . rc still living inthe old country. .Kt the age of eight-een, in company with an aunt, he cameto America, stojjping first in XevvYork city. He very soon came toWorcester, and for five years had beena member of the Emmets. His voca-tion was that of meat cutting, beingemi)loyed by Fred M. Clark, on FosterStreet. Hoping to secure an appoint-ment on the ])olice force of the city, hehad been a i)upil in the .ShrewsburyStreet evening school during the win-ter. His body, being the first soldiersremains to be brought home, it re-ceived all the attention and honor thatfriends and citizens could bestow. . array of people viewed the bodjas it lay in its casket, at 37 \enue, and on the 24th it was buriedwith military honors from St. AnnesChiuxh. The burial was in St. JohnsCemetery. His widow, nee Nellie \an. anil the son. John .Mger Mc-Sweeney. now reside on Gage Francis Sullivan.—Not tillthe Company was on its way home diddeath attain invade the ranks of the. HOE-S MAGAZINE The Transport .\llegheny. 292 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH WAR. Emmets. As already stated, Sullivanhad l.)efn one of the strongest menin the regiment, seemingly immune tothe ailments whieh had so weakenedhis comrades, but his turn came whenhe went aboard the Allegheny. Whatmight have been has been the refrainin uKnu- a recital of the sad incidenton that vessel when the delirious sol-dier leaped to his watery grave.* Hadthere been greater care given to hisheat oppressed brain, very likely hemight have come home with his fel-lows. ^\s it is, there is nothing leftbut his (ibituar\. whicli follows: Hewas born in I^^hrewslniry, Aug
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