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 . rs voted that the ob-ject of the organization was to upholdand advance the Constitution of theUnited States, that the standard staturefor members be five feet and seveninches, that no man should be proposedfor membership unless of good charac-ter
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 . rs voted that the ob-ject of the organization was to upholdand advance the Constitution of theUnited States, that the standard staturefor members be five feet and seveninches, that no man should be proposedfor membership unless of good charac-ter and position, and that any one be-longing to the Guards seen publiclydrunk shall be dealt with by his com-rades. .Vt the third meeting, August 220 WORCESTER IN THE SPANISH WAR. i6, it was voted that the Company becalled the Jackson Guards, a tribute toOld Hickory, whose Irish antecedentsevidently had impressed these later ar-rivals from Hibernia. At the samemeeting a committee of three was ap-pointed to wait upon General GeorgeHcifibs, the l(;)cal representati\e of the cer Colonel W. A. Williams, whopromised to present it to the Governor,then George S. Boutwell. and to givethe project his support. But the military ambitions of ouryoung Irishmen were not to be easilyrealized, for at the eleventh meeting,September lo. in the presence of a large. -Andrew . i. 1832—May 15. iSgS. militia, and present to him their peti-tion for recognition. ()wing to a lack-ing in the proi)er number of signatures,the General declined to receive thedocument. The necessary names weresoon secured and the precious paperwas intrusted to the care of Staff Offi- nimiber of [leople, it was announcedthat the Governor had refused to grantthe petition, on the grounds that theexpression adopted citizens was ob-jectionable. Eloquence was not want-ing at this stage of proceedings andmany proclaimed their determination EMMET GUARDS, COMPANY G. 221 to never, no never, support the Demo-cratic party
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