The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-07
welded ON A FERRYB0AT.
Miss Bloomer Becomes the
Bride Of a Soldier off
to the Philippines.
SURPRISE IN WEST SIDE CIRCLES
Ned Wright the Happy Man
Induced by his Fiancee
to Enlist in the Cavalry.

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The particulars of one of the strangest
war time weddings yet recorded have just
come to light. The marriage was per-
formed in the rear cabin of the Central
Railroad ferryboat C-ommunipaw twenty
minutes before the husband left for San
Francisco, en- route for Manila. where he
hopes to see active service with the
Fourth Cavalry. The young bride, after
ten minutes conversation with her hus-
band. bade him God speed and returned
to the home of her parents In this city,
to await the end of the war and the Te-
turn of the one she loves.
The wedding occurred on Saturday afr
~ternoon. but the particulars did not leak
out until this morning. A record of the
marriage of Miss Josie E. Bloomer 10
Edgar b.. Wright was filed in the New
York City Hall yesterday afternoon. The
record shows that the bride and bride
groom are each % years old; that the
marriage was performed by the Rev.
William ]. Jones, and that the witnesses
were Mrs. Mamie c. Smith and Miss Hat
tie Brooksbank, also that all the parties
concerned. the minister excepted, live in
Jersey City.
hiS oioohiCi ai0 lSd6ot.
Wright as he is better known. are bosh
active members of the West Side NJ. Il.
Church. this city, of which the Rev.
Charles f. Little is pastor. They were
much in each others company, and two
years ago it was announced that they
were to be married. The wedding was
postponed twice on account of deaths
in Miss Boomers family. 1t was finally
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married in July of the present year. Miss
Boomer was making great preparations
Tor her wedding which was to be the
great event of the season in the West
Bergen section
Great was the surprise of all the friends
of the young people therefore when 1t was
known that on Thursday evening last Ned
Wright had enlisted in the Fourth Cav
airy and was to leave almost Immediately
for Manila. He had told none of his
friends in the West Side Field Club. rot
even his chu1n, Harry Gates, of his inten-
ton to enlist. The boys wondered at his
sudden action. while the girls pitied Josie
Bloomer and thought it a shameful hin
that her fance should desert her Just
on the eve of their marriage. They did
| net know that Miss Bloomer was mainly
responsible for the enlistment of her
lover. She comes of a patriotic family.
Her mothers fathe died on the battle
field in the war of the rebellion and her
father fought in the same conflict. In
fact. it was because he was a brave sol
dfer that Mrs. Bloomer married him On
his discharge at the end of the war.
When the war was talked Of and Ned
Wright expressed a desire to go instead
of trying to dfssuade him she said
IF you want to go to war, Ned, go. i
wouldn't say no. The war is for a good
purpose and some one has to go"
He finally eeide to enlist when the
| second call came, and last week he kept
his resolve. He was employed as a book
| keeper and collector by a firm in Thames
| street, New York City. On Thursday last,
while out collecting he went into a re-
| cruiting office and was Tor ser
vice in the cavalry. He passed his exam-
| nation and was accepted at once, enlist
| ing for three years or for the war. He
| was told that he would be sent to Manila.
After being sworn In he said.-"I sup
| nose | will be allowed to see my friends
and adjust my affairs before reporting for
duty?"
son the contrary" replied the recruit
| ing officer, you will start in half an hour
for Fort Slocum.'
This was more than Wright had bar
| gained for. He had in his pocket money
| and keys belonging to his employer. It
| had been his intention to give up his
| position only on being sure that he would
| be accepted in the army. He finally sue
ceeded in getting leave for half an hour
to notify his employers and turn over the
property in his possession. He wrote 10
| Miss Bloomer, telling her Of his enlist
ment and of his disappointment at not
| being able to go home as he had expected,
| before leaving for the front. On Friday
| she visited him at Fort Slocum, her sister.
| Mrs. Smith, and her intimate friend, Miss
Hattie Brooksbank, going with her. There
they decided to get married before he left
for San Francisco
The troops which had been recruited,
| twenty-five in number, were scheduled to
leave the next night. Miss Bloomer saw
| the officer in command at Fort Siocum
| and begged him to permit Ned Wright to
| have a few hours at home before leaving.
| The Colonel agreed to give him Saturday
| morning and until the train left In the
| evening. With that understanding Miss
| Boomer went home and arranged for the
| wedding to be held at her home as soon
| as Mr.. Wright should arrive. Sh notified
William Beach, with whom Mr.. Wright
| lived, Of their plans and invited him to
be present at the wedding.
Saturday morning Miss Rrooksbank
\ and Mrs. Smith started off to see the
cavalrymen. whose acquaintance they
had made the day previous, pass through
New York on their waysto the Baltimore
& Ohio train. At the last ome Miss
Bloomer decided to go with them, think
ing to meet Wright at the Grand Central
| Depot and him from there to
her home. When the cavalrymen arrived
| at the depot she was astonished to find
her lover fully equipped and in line with
his comrades. She marched beside him
| to the elevated railroad station and he
explained to her that at the last moment
his permit to leave had been revoked oW-
ing ito the fact that they were to leave
| earlier thar was at first expected. He had
| t~elegraphed her that fact. Miss Bloom
| err and Wright had a nance to discuss
matters on the trip down town and de-
| cided to be married in spite OF the
changed orders.
She and her companions marched with
him to the army building In Whitehall
| street. Sergeant Sullivan. who was In
charge of the squad, would not tell the
| them where they were going from there.
1t was decided that a minister must be
/ found at once. Mrs. Smith remembered
! that tho Rev. William Jones, a friend of
the family, Superintendent Of the Sea-