Identifier: springfieldinspa00wardwal (find matches)
Title: Springfield in the Spanish American war
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Ward, Walter W
Subjects: Massachusetts Infantry. 2d Regt Massachusetts Naval Brigade. Co. H Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Easthampton, Mass., Press of Enterprise Printing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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-commissioned staff.Corporal Robert N. Ingersoll was made sergeant-major vicePaul Norton and Ross L. Lusk quarteimaster-sergeant viceMelville Snow of Holyoke. Three hospital stewards insteadof one were assigned to the re giment, and the appointees wereUlysses G. Fortier of Holyoke, S. H. Greenbeigof Bc&tcn sndEdson P. Howes of Springfield. No color sergeants wereprovided for in the volunteer regiments and these positionswere filled by detail. It was a matter of much regret that no place was providedfor the paymaster and inspector of rifle practice. In the Sec-ond as a militia regiment these positions had been filledrespectively by Lieut. A. C. Edson of Holyoke and A. E.Taylor of Chicopee Falls but no such positions were provided 23 for in the volunteer service and these oflQcers were forced toremain behind. The first guard mount of the camp was held in the after-noon with First Lieut. P. C. Powers of K company as offi-cer of the guard. So closed our first day at South Fram-ingham.
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ofurgeon BnestT^. Oate^. CHAPTER IV. WHEREIN IS TOLD HOW WE WERE TRANSFORMED FROMtin SOLDIERS INTO THE REAL ARTICLE. 4;f T did not require many days of camp life at South Fra-31 mingham to convince about all of us that we were there(Q- strictly for business. The weather was rather cold and^ there were a few flurries of snow although it was in May.( The nights were so cool that huge fires of wood werebuilt on the color line each night and around these themen gathered spending the time in singing, story telling andin wondering how soon we would start for the front and justwhat part we of the Second would take in subduing the prideof the haughty Spaniard, But little in the way of drilling was done at first, but aftera day or two the work of whipping the rookies into shapewas begun, the process being the simple one of having themfall in with the company and learning the drill as best the)-could. Squad drills were also carried on and it was duringthese that the raw material was best worked

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