The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-27

AaCC at 81. JaHncb anu tne
Young Soldier Was Laid to Rest in
OakdaIe.
One of the saddest funerals in all the
history of Wilmington was that Of
Lieutenant Bradley Jewett Wootten Of
tine Seventh Cavalry, L. S. A, yester-
Day at st. James Episcopal church
a. Sunday morning at Columbia bar
racks in the suburbs Of Havana, Cuba,
Re died Of appendicitis. and his remains,
as heretofore noted. arrived in Will
mington Friday night.
The services too place at IL a. m,
and there was such a large attendance
That MANY stood in the aisle. The Of
fciating clergymen were the Rev. F. II
7. Horsfield and the Rev. James Car
michael, D. D., and the solemn orders
Tor the burial of the dead were exceed
Ingly impressive. The ~organist. Mr.. E
Fl. Munson, rendered the music, and the
singing was by a selected choir consist
Calder, sopranos, Mrs. r. &. CantweD
and Miss Annie Hart. contraitos:
Messrs. c.. H. Cooper and ]. VanB Metts.
tCnors; and Mr.. H K. Holden, basso.
The singing was very tender and
beautiful, the first selection being hymn
No $40, the first verse Of which was:
Onward, Christian, tho the region.
Where thou art be drear and lone,
God has set a guardian legion
Very near thee, press thou on"
The other hymn was No. 396, which
led off as follows:
Ten thousand times ten thousand
In sparkling raiment bright.
The armies of the randsomed saints
ThrOng UP the sleeps of light;
THis finished All is finished,
Thon f0hf wifi. 1ao+h on1 cir
Fling open wide the golden gates
And let the victors IN"
When the services concluded the re-
mains We're borne from the church and
followed by u great concourse to Oak
iale cemetery where they were inferred
The services were concluded at the
grave. II a bugler from Fort Caswell
sounded taps after the mound had been
heaped with numerous beautiful floral
tributes, including handsome designs
sent by Wilmington friends. one
ny Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Jewett
# Savannah the lovely lowers sen
rom Havana by the Seventh Cavalry
and a handsome design sent by the
officers of the Seventh Cavalry. a
floral anchor at the base of which were
the letters ~. S. A, No. T."
The active pallbearers were Messrs
Swift NJ. B~Oatwright. Allen Higgins
George Crow, Fred Bolles. Marsder
8ellamy, Jr., and Clayton Giles. Jr.
who were the groomsmen of Lieuten.
ant Wootren when he was SO happily
married to Miss Nessfield Cotchett a
1t. James on the 1st of last August
The honorary pallbearers were Lieuten
ant Colonel W. s. Edgerly. Seventh
Cavalry. u. S. A, Captain F.. w. Val
Court Lucas. Corps OF Engineers. U. s
A. n Captain Don. MacRae. OF Com
Dany K, Second Regiment, U. s. v.
which entered the service for the wa
with Spain and OF which regiment Lieu
tenant WoOtten was ad%jutant. The fol
lowing military representatives at
tended: L~ieutenants 7. W.. HoIlyda,
and Garrison Ball, Of Second Artillery
l. s. a. Fort Caswell: Major w. F
Robertson. assistant paymaster genera
North Carolina State Guard, Captai
champ Med. Davis. adjutant Secon
regimen North Carolina State GuarG
and Captain \. p. Adrain. of the VIII
mtngtOn Light Infantry.
y cold grave has received the morta
remains of Lieutenant Wootten bu
when we look upon the flower covere
mound and grieve after him. we mus
be reminded of the scripture passag,
Why seek we. I living among III
dead?' His was such a spirit tina
&c knOw that "he liveth." He was
aoble character. and there never die
II < NOullS IIAd
n gallant soldier. He was only twer
tE-five years and two months old an
only those who were near to him coul
realize the depth of his character. r
IGyed his maker and the tenth OF a
ne possessed was given to charity. r
was full of benevOlence and though
never wanted it mentioned he a mao
Il custom of giving the tenth of all /
earned to some good cause. He ofte
sent checks for various charities
Wilmington. among others the Well
sdemorial Hospital. His last act was
sign a check for $3.50 which he wante
20 be devoted to charity. He was LITE
Up on his bed to sign the check.
Just before he died Lieutenant Woo
ten received twice the holy sacramel
at the hands of the Rev. w. H. M,
Ghee, an Episcopal clergyman of H;
ana, and before the remains left H.
wanna that same minister conducte
services over his body. The enti
Seventh Cavalry. composed of twel,
companies OF 1000 men, were drawn ,
IN line, and the adjutant read to the
the record of the brave young ofic
who had served his country so fafthfu
ly and had died in the flush of ma
hood n the promise of a brilliant q
reer. He had been with the Seven-
Cavalry only a few weeks but Colon
Edgerly says OF him hat he was Il
most superb hOrseman and finest Or
master he ever saw.