Show woman wins rank of chief yoeman attains 1 highest grade in navy opened open 1 I to one of her sex HAS DONE EFFICIENT WORK had an important part in building up armed guards organization now keeps records of this service washington the encounters of american merchant vessels with german submarines constitute one of tile most thrilling chapters of tile the war when tile president ordered our mer chantlen chant men tinned armed for protection against undersea attack tho the navy was wag called upon to furnish hundreds hund rela ot of guns and thousands ot at trained gunners to man mail them to perform tills this task a now new branch of the service was organized the armed guards U even yen before this country deel declared tired war they were on tieman active duty rind and the first man mail of tho the navy to lose ills his life in service against the enemy was it member of tile armed guards john I 1 i lost in the sinking of tho the aztec april 1 ono one of tho the most efficient aids of commander parley in building up tip tho the armed guards organization was a young soung woman miss bliss helen E brooks now confidential secretary to lieutenant commander dilall who succeeded commander parley shares in dig big events miss brooks hns has lind had a share in many of tile tho most interesting incidents of tile tho war it was to tier her desk that lio lie news camo came of tho the sinking of 0 th the a aztec and tho the vacuum im sho she received rece I 1 ve 1 I tile the account of the sinking of tit tho first german submarine by the lie silver shell of tho the long battlo of tile tho Mor etil which fought nn an enemy U bont boat until almost tile tho entire ship phlp was in flames of th tho four hour tight fight of tho the J L luckenbach Lucken hach which though lilt many times refused to surrender slie she made out taio lists of tho the first men taken laken prisoner by germany members of the guard of tho the ill fated cammann Cam pann slip tins has transcribed many malty letters of at commendation of men for heroic deeds till an it many messages transmitting to relatives the and news that a son husband hus brind or brother tins lias been killed or wounded tile the names ratings and addresses dresses rid of next of kin kill of nil tile alio members of tile ho armed guards tire kept on oil card in a separate envelope for ench vessel the records ls of till nil those who loso lose lives in tho the service of their county anro kept lit in it special division ghesu constitute the navys roll of 1 honor those who have beet been com for heroic berate deeds also havo a special 1 place lace tind and there are hundreds of them nl ready already though we have been nt at war less than it year ear the department seeks to secure and keep on illa file p photographs I 1 of all the men of tile tuny navy killed in service against the enemy and those specially commended miss brooks tins has had a liand hand in ili building up these measures to perpetuate tinte the memory of the navys heroes and preserve interesting and authentic material for history lil story won rapid promotion enlisting in tho the naval reserve in april 1017 1917 as aa a yeoman third class miss crooks brooks has alvenda risen to the highest rank open to women lit in the navy that of chief yeoman As aa secre tery to lieutenant commander hall she superintends super intends tile vork ork of two yeoman stenographers and a mail clerk clark 11 0 chief yeoman brooks all three of them men like all the other yemen women yeomen yeoman site she la Is regularly enlisted in ili tho the navy enlisted for tile the term ot or the war ar at first they were vere commonly termed yeo women and but these tries are frowned fro ned upon by naval i 1 whose loso atti attitude tudo tins hns been well expressed x by rear hear Adin frol mcgownn mcgowan paymaster laster general of the lie navy they must insist not bo be called yeo women or these women oro are as much a part of the navy ns as the men who mho have enlisted they do the smile same ork ind and receive tile lie same pay as men mail of the same rating they arey are yeomen comen aud and have done yeoman service in the immensely increased work imposed upon the navy by the war |