Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-22

NJ EW YORK.-There was an army
~ wedding right here in little old
New York the other night, with
beat of drums and martial music, uni
forms, and waving of flags.
Right down on Fourteenth street.
A real army wedding. Makes you
think of all sorts things, doesn't
clink of swords and a military band
all the gayety and color of garrison
life-perhaps little Tightening of the
lips when the old sweet words are
read
Until death do us part"
For that means a whole lot of things
when you're an army bride-when any
day may bring marching orders, call
perhaps to a distant land, day when
the little wife stands alone waving
goodby to a speeding train or vanish
ing ship.
Army brides must be brave-hearted,
but this little brown-eyed one, Marga-
ret Hicks, was soldier, too, cap
tain in the same army as her husband
Here there is no separation. Shoulder
to shoulder they are to march through
life together, as sweetheart COM
rades in the Salvation Army, writes
lola FORESTER in the New York World
Sunday Magazine.
1t was double vow they took to-
gether promising loyalty to each 9TH
er and fealty to the Army Promising
never to allow their love to interfere
with their work Promising always to
regard their home in every way as a
Salvation Army Soldiers or officers
Quarters.
Wasn't it a strange army wedding?
Capt Margaret Hicks and her soldier
sweetheart, Capt. George A. Jackson.
Just supposing. you boy or girl who ex-
pect to stand one of these days beside
the one you love best, just supposing
you had to repeat these VOWS to be
faithful soldiers, continual comrades,
obedient to your commanding officer
first of all?
Sugposing, like these two children
of the army your parents had taken
you when you were wee kiddies, trot-
ted you up to headquarters and dedi-
Gated you to the service of the Lord?
Surprising, before you could ever
see each other alone in the counting
days, permission must be given from
your commanding officer, leave of abb
sence to go awooing?
Then, when you had finally won her
consent, you must both ask for an
official engagement. Even your we'd
ding day was set for you, You knew
that while love was to link your lives,
your duty as faithful soldiers must
always come first through life. You
knew that you must dedicate what
ever little ones came to bless the
union to the service of the army, Just
as your father and mother dedicated
you?
You'd think that was pretty hard
restraint to place on Cupid-to hand
him blue uniform, and drum slung
handily on one hip, with War Cry
rolled under his arm. Maybe you
think he doesn't enjoy it? Then you
haven't been to an Army wedding.
blue bonnet bride.
This one is brown-eyed and dark
haired, with a chin that points upward
and lips that caR't help but smile.
She's barely up to Captain Jackson's
shoulder, but then, as she tells you,
he is really exceptionally tall. Only |
for a minute did | see her to clasp her
hand and wish her joy, before she
was swept away to the wedding sup |
per. but the big, blue-eyed soldier hus- |
band talked for her at headquarters
after the wedding.
Eyes, Mrs. Jackson is on duty, and |
I'm awfully sorry you can't see her,
but l have to go without seeing her
myself. We've started a little home
over at East Orange, though, and hope
to settle down there for little while
until marching orders come.
"You see we don't mind Army life
because we've been in it ever since
we we're born" He handled the little
red morocco-bound Covenant Book of
the Army tenderly in his hands my
father is Col J. w. Jackson, superin-
tendent of the Plainfield Industrial
home, and my wifes father was COL
John Hicks, the first officer commits
stoned in the United States. We grew
ND in Army life together ever since
we we're babies.
when did we first find out we loved
each other?"
There was no evading the issue or
smiling over 1t. II was very wonder
mi and sacred subject TO this earnest
syed. blue-clad soldier, even If some
u the questions did send the color to
mis- cheeks.
ayou aee when you've only been