The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-26

GO, Al social and dance which takes
place at the armory Thursday evening,
promises to be very enjoyable affair.
Lieut. Tisdell will be floor director and
Lieut. Lucke and Sergt. Woods will act
as aids. The decorators will begin to-
morrow morning 70 transform the old
drill shed into a place of beauty. Tick
cts for the affair have sold rapidly, and
1t is certain that g. large crowd of the
company's friends will be in attend
ance.
The Cuban volunteers are in a much
better financial and physical condition
than it was thought they would be dur
ing the winter months. The captains Of
the four local volunteer companies re-
port that nearly all their men are at
work, and are self-Supporting. Occas-
ionally some poor fellow is stricken
with a chill, and as he has been through
the mill before, he asks at once that
he be taken to the hospital He knows
that at that institution he will receive
the right kind of care There are at
present no funds that could be used
to care for the soldier boys, and it is
well that they are not in the physical
condition in which it was thought they
would be at this time of the year.
Tomorrow evening Lieut. Henry
Dobbins, mastering officer of the
Ninth regiment, will muster into the
state service members Of the Emmett
Guards. Nearly all of that number
are Cuban veterans whose time has
expired. The Emmets will meet every
Monday evening hereafter, and it is
expected that their arms and equip
ments will be sent from Boston during
the week.
Lieuts. Boswell and S2yIes of Bat
terry will go Afore the state mill
tary examining board March s. Capt.
Haynes passed the examination Thurs
day, but the board adjourned before
the lieutenants' names were reached.
Capt. Haynes will now assume control
of the battery and the members are
apparently with their commander to
man and will assist him to bring the
battery up to an almost perfect stand
ard.
A week from Friday the wellington
Rifles will give a social and dance at
the armory. It-is expected that fully
300 people will be present, and every
thing is being done by the committee
in charge to give those who attend a
thoroughly enjoyable time, This is the
first entertainment that the commanl
has attempted to give since their re-
turn from the Cuban battlefelds.
Lieut. A. c. Edison, paymaster and
mastering officer Of the First Massa-
chusetts brigade will visit the armory
this afternoon at $50 o'clock for the
purpose of mastering into the service
Is men from the Wellington Rifles and
from the City Guards
Both commands will have full ranks
after today and many names upon the
waiting lists.
Capt. j. p. Gresham, who has charge
of the United States recruiting stations
in Central Massachusetts, believes that
it is the fate Of this nation to control
the Philippines and fight the natives
until they are willing to take their hats
off to Uncle Sam.
The captain said to a Spy man: you
might as well try to dam the waters
of Niagara as to attempt to stop the
United States from getting hold in
the east. 1t was so to be and l am of.
the opinion that we will have to grace
fully accept the situation"
Capt. Gresham is doing recruiting
duty owing to the fact that he has been
a. sufferer for several months with ma
larial fever, but he says that as soon
a IS he RECEIVERS he expects to go back to
his regiment, the Twenty third infan-
try, which is now stationed at Havana.
Capt. ]. r. Gresham has accepted the
invitation to act as judge at the COM
petitive drill between the cadets of Ply
mouth and Grace churches, which will
occur March 10.