The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-08-24
A MILITARY WEDDING.
AdIutant General Fridge Married al
Camp yardaman With Much EcIat.

Camp Yardaman With Much EcIat.
Biloxi, Miss, Aug. 81. a TO-
mantle and beautiful wedding was
solemnized tonight at 7:45 o'clock
under the moonlight pines at
Camp Vardaman, when Adjutant
General Arthur Fridge, M. N. G.,
and Miss Alice Beatrice Apple
white we've united in marriage.
The ceremony took place in front
Of division headquarters, where
an improvised altar had been
erected and covered with palms
and flowers. Above the altar
spread as canopy, was an i'm
mense American flag, surrounded
by lanterns and surmounted by
incandescent lights. Company B,
Third Regiment, of EllisyilIe, the
groom's own town, formed cor
don about the place to keep back
the assembled crowds, while be-
fore the altar the commissioned
officers of the First, Second and
Third Regiments Infantry form
ed a hollow square, within which
the staff of Governor Vardaman
and the staff Of Major General
Keesler, ranged in double column,
formed the guard Of honor.
The bridal party entered the
square through break in the
ranks, to the music of Mendels-
sohn's Wedding March, " PLAYED
by the Second Regiment Band,
and stood before Lieutenant Col
onel w. w. Hamilton, Brigade
Chaplain, who oficiated. The
bride, leaning on the arm Of Gov
ernor Jas. X. Vardaman, on whom
deyolved the pleasant task of Civ
ing the bride away, met the groom
before the altar. To the soft
music of a sweet old song, sung
by Mrs. Jennie Austin futile, the
impressive ritual of the Episcopal
Church, which united the twain
and made them one, was read,
after which the guard of honor,
with raised and crossed sabers,
formed an arch of steel under
which the wedding party passed
out. A camp collation. was served
at General KeesIer's mess tent
after the ceremony, where the
bride cut the wedding cake with
her husbands saber. Governor
Vardaman made beautiful toast
to the bride, to which the groom
responded, in behalf of the bride.
To the toast to the bridesmaids,
Colonel w. M. Hammer respond
ed gracefully. Mrs. S. I. Nc
Giants was matron of honor; Miss
Fridge, sister Of. the groom, and
Miss Applewhite, sister of the
bride, were maids of honor. The
bridesmaids were Miss AIethea
Vardaman, daughter of the Gov
ernor; Miss Clifton, of jackson;
Misses Annie Reid and Pixie
Of Meridian, and Misses
May and Margaret Fulton; of
Yazoo City.
The bride was attired in white,
and bore a beautiful bouquet of
roses and ferns. The matron and
maids Of honor, also attired in
white, wore knots and streamers
of crimson and gold satin ribbon,
those being the groom's colors.
The streamers worn by the brides
maids were of dark blue and gold,
these being the staff color.
The whole scheme of the cere-
mony, which was much more elab-
crate than here described, was ar
ranged by Colonel c. G. Wat is,
and carried out to perfection by
his orders.
Adiutant General Arthur
Fridge, M. N. g., is a native of
East Baton Rouge parish, La,
born July 81. 1881. He, with his
parents, moved to Ellisville,
Miss, in 1896. In 1889 he was
appointed to Westpoint Military
Academy, where he spent one
year. Later he decided to study
law and went to Millsaps College,
jackson, Miss, where he gradual
ed in the Law Department, and
afterwards spent one year in the
Law Class at Tulane University,
New Orleans. He was practicing
law at Ellisville when in January,
this year, Governor James K.
Vardaman appointed him to be
Adiutant General of the Missis-
sippi National Guard, which posi-
tion he has held with such close
and energetic attention to its du-
ties that the efficiency of the ser
vice ID this State has been greatly
increased. Since he came into his
position the status of the
National Guard has been changed
by the fact that the organization
has been made to conform to the
Dick Military Law, and this has
entailed on the Adiutant General
d great deal Of hard work, which
General Fridge has performed in
a highly creditable manner.
The rank Of the Adjutant Gen
eral of the Mississippi National
Guard is that Of a Brjgadier Gen
eral. General Fridge, though
such a young man, only % years
old, wears the honors of his rank,
il and out Of camp, with such dig
nifty that thought of his youth
never occurs to his acquaintances.
He is very much respected by his
fellow officers and beloved BY the
men Of the National Guard.
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