The evening world., 1922-05-13
SPECIAL TROOPS
HOSTS At DANCE
AT THE WALDORF
Live Up to Military Tradition
by Bringing Pretty Partners
to Ball.

Gay soldier boys of the 27th Divis-
Ion tripped the light fantastic last
right at the Waldorf Astoria, and had
for their partners some of the sweet
, est, cutest and urettiest girls of New
York. 1t was the rank and file of the
Special Troops that trod the mea-
sures, and il was the non-coms who
had charge of the arrangements,
which were put through with ma
chine-Iike precision, just like a drill
on the field
The Special Troops are something
new in soldier life in the State of New
Y|ork, making an organization by
themselves within the organization of
the old division. They comprise the
Headquarters Company, Tank Com
pany, Signal Company, Military Po-
lice, Ordnance and Motorcycle Com
panies and the Medical Detachment.
They are the old Machine Gun Bat
TALON with some additions, and re-
ceived their present distinction from
Gen. John f. Organ because of their
excellent work in camp last year.
In the rank and file of the troops
Are found here and there some of the
boys who went overseas with the
h famous old New York Division, but
Tor the most part the members are of
the new generation who were too
young to get into the big game. The
older fellows called it quits when they
kot through with the Argonne.
Fl Major John c. Mansfield of the old
nd Engineer Regiment, which went
ssecross under Colonel, now Gen. Cor
@Alius Vanderbilt, is the commanding
khicer of the organization, and he has
b lot of former 22d men with him.
He, with the officers of the troops,
formed the Reception Committee, but
the workers who were on the Floor
Committee were the non-coms. They
were Sergts. II. Allison Buckbee. G.
Arthur Granquist, Victor Savary,
Z Lester b. Walters, Leslie Crandell
Julian n. Stahlschmidt, Corporals
Allan r. Taylor, Charles p. Shinn
and Raymond Norton.
NHEY HELPED MAKE 1T SNAPPY
n Sergeant Stahlschmidt is as long
as his name. When he stands he is
six feet two, but Greenwich Village
has nothing on his terpsichorean jazz.
He is tanker and a banker; that is
he works in a bank and fights in a
tank, and he's single, girls, he's single
and wants to know why he shouldn't
be. He has lived all his life in New
York except for a short time when he
says he was eXiled in Brooklyn.
Capt. Leslie A. Sackett. who was
on the Reception Committee, is the
Supply Officer of the Special Troop
ers He supplies everything and
used to be with Vanderbilt's 22d En-
gineers. Last night he was supply
ing partners for bashful troopers He
is in the silk business. which the boys
say accounts for his smoothness on
tthe dance floors, and in the matter of
'41electing partners.
apt Oliver l.. Bell commands the
.ank company and has with him some
Of the boys who were over there. He's
proud of his tanks. He has seven OF
Them and they are all riddled with
bullets which were fired in France anc
tsome of the camoufage which wa:
fused across the seas still sticks tC
Ithem.
Lieut.. Col. j. A S. Mundy was al
the reception as the representative OF
HDivision Headquarters. The Colone
k3ade a hasty run from Brooklyn
&hither he had gone to the reception
TO Marshal French at the Brooklyn
Club. Marshal French was swept from
fhe Biltmore Hotel to the Brooklyn
Club in twenty minutes, with foul
putriders who were motorcycle cops
And IL was the rush hour at that, bu
the cops cut through the o'clocl
traffic like sharp knife through new
eheese.
Marshal French declared himsel
Patisfied that he went faster than tn,
Germans on their retreat. He like!
he pep of the American cops anc
chauffeurs and when the cops heart
nat they said the trip to Brooklyn
wouldn't be anything to the way the,
we're going to carry him back to the
<oiltmore,