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 . -. Their knowledge of ge-ography was increasing at a rapid rate.\\ithin an hour of her dropping anchorfriends from home were tr\-ing theirbest to get into communication withthe 2d Regiment, a special schoonerhaving made the trip from shore, andth
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 . -. Their knowledge of ge-ography was increasing at a rapid rate.\\ithin an hour of her dropping anchorfriends from home were tr\-ing theirbest to get into communication withthe 2d Regiment, a special schoonerhaving made the trip from shore, andthe editor of the \\orcester Gazettewas conversing with Halleck Bartlett,the devoted citizen who had come backwith his son and the latters editor also hailed and Major Fairbanks, but along interview was prevented by thearrival of a government gunlioat. whichorderetl the smaller craft awax, the lat-. 1. C, L. A. !1ru;ham. E, F. Ukiky. ler having evaded the c|uaranline re-strictions under the guise of a fishing-boat. Still the meeting was sufificientto warrant many an inspiriting messageto the home city of the \\<ircesler boys. .-\fter the landing, the morning of theii)tli. came detention camp, al)out onemile away, lest these returning ladsshould bring and spread contagion, andthere thev were held till the morningof the 22d. Only nine Company C mencould make this distance afoot. Mean-while, the patriotic efforts of Worces-ter ])eople to alleviate the i)ain andsuffering of their soldier boys werebearing fruit. Though only a smalll)art of the generous contributionscould be transferred to the Mobilebefore her departure from Santiago, theremainder was not lost, for it waspassed on to the members of the 9th,which did not come away so soon,andin the ijth were the Emmet Cjuards,another company of Worcester boys. The new location of the regiment wasvery cold compared with the cli
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