The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-19
ARMORY WASHERS PUT OUT
RtLE: EME THEW OFF TINE
Floor a. IETLI ANDTHEN kItk
They Have RrrN Fostering Women NJ the
Dances After Twenty second ReGs.
mrnt Reviews hut They Won't
After what Happened Friday Night.

Complaint was made to Col W Il.
Hotchkin Of the Twenty second Regiment
that young men who come to the reviews
for the dance that follows and bring no
partners themselves have been annoying
women they do not know by seeking to
scrape acquaintance on the dancing floor,
After the review nj the regiment on
Friday night Nv AdIt. ten. George NJ.
tu.. of the state oi Connecticut Col.
HotchkIu stationed number Of non
commissioned officers in uniform in diff
ferent parts II tho drill hall under orders
10 prevent any young man from accost-
ing girls who might b. dancing together
An officer OF the regiment explained the
situation yesterday a. follows.
AT regimen'ai reviews there are always
more women han men dancers. Con
sequeu,ly many of the women dance
tog-th her There Is slway, fringe OF
Young Mon around the edge Of the hall
looking on The s'rictest efforts are
mad. TO keep tickets Of admission from
falling INTO tho hands of object ionabl.
persons hut m spite of preCaiii ION some
such characters manage 10 get mo the
hall Since the opening ~ the present
drill season there has been complaint
thar women dancing tn. waltz. two-tep
or barn dance iogeth her have been APP
preached by Young men who hav. asked
them to dane. Sometimes IN spirit
Of fun the girls have consented and the
evil has spread.
IN. nul=.inC,. came IN a head re-snt ~
when two women were dancing a waltz
one Of them happened n he he wifi" Of
an officer If The regiment and -h'- - old
the man who arco-te cd her that IN. would
have him put out ~ the armory. He
p,lr himself ont ia hast"
This incident being report cd 70 col
Hot chk,n he der a led ~ ont y-siy non COM
rni--ionad officers q Wa, chth. floor OH Fri
dav night Orders were hat II any voung
men smoke 80 u single SeN" dancing
coupi. they were o be removed from rho
hall n they mad" any resist anc" they
wers, o he go; OF the main hoor AZ quiet "
A. possible. and once ont IN m" ve~'ihul~
ChuCksi INTO m" street
The haul began carly. for during IN"
second number a waltz, whil" Hand
master Nat'- orchestra NH- PLAYING
An Ask l. Love. thre" young men
stepped up 10 "A couple ~ Young women
and asked for "A dane Six husky ron
CONS two OF them tirst -@rgeanrH.
swoopad down upon them The three
We're told 10 leave Ihe han They pro
te-t.Ad hut were grns'lv edged toward
of IN. dancing hail the squad 81 six
gathered uy the three. shot them through
the outer door and out upon the side
walk \ dozen other Young men who
witnessed the .JeCrlnn eff tho hall one
Nv one, hut the non-Com DETECTIVES
did not r.laN their vigilsnc" until the
band struck w Home. sweet HON"
Col Ho'chkinS action has been com
tn.nded bv tho officers n other regi-
menfs who have learned ui FRIDAY nights
incident A. the review of m" Twenty
third regiment by Adj Gen Nerh"ck
IN Brook lvn On Sat Irday night on" officer
saii'
col Hotchkin has Inauguratsd
very necessary reform In our regiment
va have had no trouble for some years
due To the fact that one evening Major
Fred Wells found two Young men annoy
ing Young women oT IN the far wes' end
of the armorv Tho tai Major grabbed
the biggest one by the collar marched
him to the main door and Kicked him
INTO the street