The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-21
Seven YeOmanettes
Serve Uncle Sam
In Wireless Office
Women Of Honolulu Show Their
Loyalty BY EnIlstinu In the
Navy and Are Doing Much TO
Help the Country Win the War

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Not ail'who are endeavoring to show
their loyalty TO their country and en-.
listing in the army and navy to Edo
their btu are men, for many young
women of Hawaii are now serving their
country in the capacity of yeomen in
the navy, and are regularly enlisted
for the period of the war. According
to their superior officers they are do.
Ting splendid work for Uncle Sam, Mt
in well with the naval system and are
extremely amenable to naval routine.
Seven women who have enlisted for
the war in the navy are now on duty
at the local naval wireless Office and at
the cable Office, all members Of the
clerical STAFF Of Commodore Dennis a..
Mahan, u. s. N, in charge Of the cen
sorship bureau. s
AT the beginning of the war IL was
expected that all women yeomen would
wear uniforms, consisting Of sailor
blouse or petty officer e tunic, and blue
or white skirt, TO match the blouse or
tunie, and cap. No orders have yet
been received at the naval station to
outfit them, although Mt stations on the
Atlantic coast such uniforms have been
in use for months.
The latest addition to the yebman'
cite force at the naval wireless Office
is Miss Alexandria J. Munro, yeoman
third class, who is the commodore =
photographer. She was commissioned
on Tuesday. The others at the Office
are Miss Florence +. Nauman, chief
yeoman; Mrs. Edith b. Ashley, yeo-
man first class; Miss Florence X. Alb.
hey, yeomon first class; Mrs. Mabel r,
TAYLOR, yeoman second class; Miss
Edith Cottrell, yeoman second class;
Mrs. Bessie l., MeIlree,. yeoman third
class. g5tf M NJ
The average Honoluian who passes
the naval wireless Office on Fort Street
has little conception Of the hive Of in.
dustry which il the unseen part of the
wireless activity. The Office is much
like a bottle, with the front portion
the neck of the bottle. There the pub.
lie is received, where it writes its mes,
sages and pays its money and gets its
receipt, and also receives censored mes,
] sages and pays more money; and also
where the telegraph operators are locat
ed. The rattle of the telegraph keys goes
on night and day, for Honolulu is q
busy wireless center these war days.
But that is the smallest part of the
office. Behind are Offices for the com
modore and for his assistant, Lieuten
ant Bishop and Lieutenant Branch.
Back Of the main building, separated
from it by an ared-way, Is one story
addition, and there is located most OF
the staff Of workers, including most OF
the yeomanettes,s ACCOUNTANTS, filing
clerks, with bookkeeping counters
typewriting desks and fling cabinets
! packed in as close as possible. Thai
is the real part Of the bottle.
Putting the Sense In Censorship
There is always an officer in tn,
front of the office, who receives tn,
messages after they have been accept
ed at the counter and who uses hi
blue pencil freely. Censorship Is rea
censorship. ut this Office, and message
pass through many hands before III,
telegraph operator shoots the message
over thu wires TO Kahuku or Heeia
/ where the Marconi and Federal wire
less plants, respectively, are located, 70
Transmission across the seas to tn
Coast, TO ships and other distant land,
The yeomenette force at Pearl Hal
Dor naval station has also been effeC
tive in its work, and has the addition
al quality of having released a nun
Der of men for active service,