The sun., 1919-04-12
VOLUNTEER POLICE
TO RUN DOWN REDS
Deep and Mysterious Bureau
Of Special Service Of
ficially Created.
j. NJ. SHAW COMMANDS
Whether Adjunct or Competi-
tor Of Defense Division
Is Not Revealed.

An interesting arrangement Of the
police map became known yesterday
whom It was announced at Police Head
quarters that John NJ. Shaw, Special
Deputy Commissioner. who hitherto has
been in charge OF the Borough Of Rach-
mond. had been assigned to take charge
Of . unique organization called -the
Bureau Of Special Service"
The assignment and tho hitherto un-
suspected existence of this bureau. were
made into news by statement issued by
Lieut. William Buckley. In charge Of the
ONCE Of Police Commissioner Enright
That statement read:
Commissioner Enright has assigned
Shaw. In charge Of the Bureau Of Spe-
cial Service, a volunteer bureau. COM
posed or men. of high standing in tho
community, sehrving without pay, who
are giving their time and attention to
the vicious and criminal elements who
ere disloyal to the Government and seek
Ing to destroy law and order"
- oHES "ybNCEys
That was all. That WAS all any one
at Police Headquarters knew about the
new unit in the constabulary. or ap-
peared to know. Lieut.. Buckley told
earnest seekers for tho truth that he
knew no more about this new inner cir
Gle than what the statement said on It's
face Commissioner Enright was not in
his office. his secretary. John Hackett
was not in TO say that the Commissioner
was not In. and Special Deputy Com
missioner Shaw was not having an at
home on Centre street either.
However. he was located by telephone
in the afternoon at his business Office at
Ill Broadway. In reply to questions
about the bureau Mr. Shaw said a num-
Der of men were giving their services
free. that he was too busy Just then to
give their names. but that later he would
be behind his brass rail at Police Head
quarters and would talk freely. How
ever. long after most of the day crew
had left the big gray building Special
Deputy Commissioner Shaw was still In
allegiance.
Deeper ana Deeper II Crows.
A furry Of surprise rufied the calm
surface OF life at Police Headquarters
when word OF this new institution got
around. August Drup Porter. Third
Deputy Commissioner, when shown the
statement was properly impressed and
wanted TO learn how II had been put into
circulation. Then no went to the Office
where Commissioner Enright was not In,
returned q few minutes later, and let It
be known that he could not discuss the
statement owing to sudden rush of
business.
Frederick A. Wallis, Fourth Deputy
Commissioner had the matter put up to
him as man to man and said. "It'e news
to me-" On the face of the statement It
would indicate that the organization wa $
founded to combat Bolshevism, but no
one could be found TO bear out this In
ference.
However. II was learned from some
boys playing ball In the street outside
headouarters-who were unofficially said
to have no official connection with the
Police Department-that only men o.
the highest standing. whose position was
unimpeachable, would be allowed to
carry badges and reveal themselves to
the ordinary cop on occasion as men,
bers of this carelolly chosen body. Their
headquarters, of course. will be in Spe
cial Deputy Commissioner Shaw's office
which Is across the way from the office
where the Division OF National Defence,
under Allan A. Ryan. Special Deputy
Commissioner, and Inspector Cnderhill
has had scores of detectives engaged on
similar work for some time