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 . iment of regulars to ]jass. and be-fore we could connect again the ist and2(1 battalions had gone into the we came up finally there was noone to show where the rest had gone,so we started along towards the our loss had
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 . iment of regulars to ]jass. and be-fore we could connect again the ist and2(1 battalions had gone into the we came up finally there was noone to show where the rest had gone,so we started along towards the our loss had been quiteheavy on account of our powder, whichmade lots of smoke and so afforded agood mark for the Spaniards. Accord-ingly we were directed to a sunkenroad, -where we were to remain as sup-port, and here we continued the entireday. The bullets whistled above ourheads to beat the band. I fell asleep inthe midst of it, I was so tired, and sodid lots of the boys. At last, the bat-tery moved nearer, reinforcementscame up and the enemy was driven outof his strong position ; and El Caney,which was to have fallen in an hour,really held out for a good long day, oneof the longest in the year. RichardHarding Daviss remarks on this eventare entertaining at this time and dis-tance: The plan for the day is inter-esting chiefly because it is so difterent. Kesting on March to El Caney. from what happened. . Incidentally,General Lawtons division was to pickuj) El Caney, and when El Caney waseliminated, his division was to continueforward and join hands on the right( Lawtons left) with the divisions ofCienerals Sumner and Kent. The armywas to rest for that night in the woodshalf a mile from San Juan. Thusnicely was the advance on Julj^ istplanned by those in the lead, but aswith mice and men, plans gang aftaglae. That long day in the blisteringsun, the stubborn resistance of theSpaniards, all attest how much easierit is to ]ilan than to execute. Julysentering day had had its record writ-ten
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