The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-17
FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
Many Worcester Men viii Fight With
Col. Edmund Rice.

Many Worcester Men Will Fight With
Col. Edmund Rice.
The progress of the Twenty sixth reg
iment, United States volunteers, in the
war with the Filipinos, will be watched
with more than Passing interest by the
| Worcester relatives and friends of the
men in that regiment. There is no regi-
nent now in preparation for the field
of action or any that are now in the
thick of the fighting that so much In
terest is manifested in locally as is the
case with the Twenty sixth. The reg.-
ment is practically Massachusetts
regiment, though, Of course, Massachu-
sets does not get the credit of it as
the old Bay State did when it was rep
resented ON the field by the state MILL
tia.
Not since the Second and Ninth regi-
ments were in the fighting before San
tiago do Worcester people take so much
interest in any one regiment. Worcester
is well represented in all the regiments
now in the field in the Philippines, but
when the Twenty-sixth goes the heart
of the commonwealth will certainly
have more men In action than ever be-
fore. TIE Twenty-sixth was recruited
to It's full war strength from the New
England district, and Worcester
through the local recruiting station in
the Walker building added her share
with a glad heart. The class of recruits
from this city equals all the others and
In some cases is above the standard, as
many of the men enlisted are old timers
and have seen service in either the
Massachusetts volunteers or the regu-
lars which were recruited in this city
while the war scare was at its height.
H.. A.. q
Twenty-sixth were recruited in other
cities than Worcester and list of those
that left the local Office cannot be taken;
as the full number Of men from this city
WHO are in the regiment. The lists in,
clude John j. Mcdonald of So Millbury
street, who has seen service with Co. k
of the Twelfth regulars; Joseph Mayo
of 1913 Canterbury street, who was In
Co !, of the same regiment; Adolph
Gamache of 126 Bloomingdale road also
served in that regiment In Co. B, and.
saw active service in the battle of Eh
Caney and the seige OF Santiago. Th6s
Second regiment Of heavy artillery was
also recruited largely from this city and
many of the men that received their.
discharges from that regiment enlisted.
again. They are David T. Merrigan, Is
Cherry street, of Battery F. Edward j.
Conroy Of Battery d; James w. Moran
of 1854 Cambridge street; William H.
Spencer of 66 Front street, both Of
whom served In Battery G. But one
member of the local companies that
saw service in Cuba enlisted from the
local Office for the Twenty-sixth. and
he is Leonard NJ. Crooker of 80 Pres
colt street. One lone representative OF
the First Rhode Island volunteers, FL
bridge 4. Christian, who lives at z
Grand street, enlisted.
The others In the Twenty from
this city have not previous service re-
cords. They are Edward Duprey, 81
Canterbury street; Edmund Chate-
laine, Hector l.. Heti, 16 Milton street;
Cyrus ST. Lawrence, II Bradley street;
Frank x. Mallett. 112 Canterbury street;
Edward J. O'Grady, SO Lamartine
street; William Collins, 6 Gold strese
court; Carl Wolenson, Stockham street,
Salem Khouri, Walter E. Jameson, 10
Front street