The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-31
The Soldiers
Sunday.
NO.ACTIVE WORK.
VIII Be In U. S. Service
But Three Days More.

The seventh days tour Of duty at the
armory was quiet and impressive. At
ter the dinner hour the boys gathered
in their company rooms and between
the puffs of fragrant cigars and high
ly priced pipes that were their constant
companions in Cuba they fought over
again their battles and brought to mind
again their trials, fluctuations and their
triumphs and spoke feelingly of the
days spent together in the midst of
SO many dangers. They regretted. too,
for old associations sake, that the final
duty taps would be sounded in so short
time.
The guard detail was posted, as usual.
but there was. even less to do yester-
day than on any day during the week.
| The boys felt the weather, and it had
a tendency TO depress their spirits. But
still they showed that they were sol
diers, with the happy go-lucky spirit
that characterizes them.
For several days the boys have been
shining up their buttons and paying
strict attention to what is left of their
uniforms. Coats and pants have been
pressed and cleaned, and this evening
when they appear at the banquet they
will look as spick and SPAN as is posi-
BILE without having on their backs uni
forms that are fresh from the tailor's
hands.
Several commissioned and non com
missioned officers left the armory ear
~ in the day to spend the Sabbath
with their families. The sergeants.
corporals and clerks, who have been as
busy as bees during the week, also took
advantage of the day and ate their
meals at their homes.
Very little regarding the details of
the muster out day at Springfield. is
known to the captains of the Worcester
companies They expect to receive de-
tailed orders from the colonel, either
today or tomorrow. The captains
know that, in order to reach Spring.
field in time. Thursday morning, they
will be obliged to leave Worcester at
6 O'Clock a. m. This will necessitate
the presence of the men at the armory
at 5 a. m.
The men are willing to make a short
parade in Springfield, but they say
that they do not care to be marched
around for hours in their present cons
dition. There is every reason to be-
lieVe that the men win not he asked
to march any farther than from the de-
pot to the armory.
Caterer Kessell gave the boys q tur-
key dinner yesterday, and it was re-
ceiyed with many heartfelt thanks, as
they say it is the first time that they
have ever eaten turkey at the expense
of the war department. Government
turkey made the boys forget, for a
time, What Alger did and did not do
for them in Cuba. Bob I<essell is
very popular with the Worcester boys,
for they say that soldier boys heart
always goes out to the man who fills
his stomach.
There is small army in bivouac at
the armory every night. A dozen or fif-
teen boys sleep sound and Well upon
the mattresses that are placed in the
company rooms. Jokes, some that are
practical and some that are not, are
played upon the sleepers, but they
take them as they come and wae for
a chance to retaliate.
Captain Moynihan issued orders yes
terday for the Emmets to meet at the
armory at 3 O'Clock this afternoon. This
viii give the boys one hour to get ready
for the parade.
The guard detail yesterday was cut
down to three men. George &c. RiX Was
corporal and Privates Humes and
Prince composed the guard. H company
furnishes the guard detail today, and
Capt. c. S. Holden will be officer of the
day.
Frank Hill of H company has been
discharged from Roosevelt hospital,
New York city. He was expected home
last evening and crowd of H men
visited Union station to give him a
rousing welcome. Hill failed to appear,
and his parents who long to clasp him
in their arms, as they have not seen
him since he left Worcester in May last,
were awfully disappointed. The H com
pany boys also felt the same disap-
pointment.
Soldiers tickets for the banquet and
gallery tickets, which were issued for
them to give to their friends, We're dis
tributed at roll call yesterday.
The sick men Of the different COM
panes are reported as improving. The
list of absentees was the same as Satur-
days list.