Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-13

Soon after being commissioned he became
assistant to the purchasing commissary at
New York city, but after short tour OF
duty there was assigned as post commits
sary at the Military Academy at West
Point and remained there for several years
In 1889 he was made assistant to the chief
commisSary, Department of the Platte, with
headquarters at Omaha. In 1890 he became
chief commissary of the Department of the
Columbia, and also purchasing and depot
Commissary at Portland Ore He attained
his majority in 1885,
In the Spanish War.
For several years he was In charge of
the purchasing depot at st. Louis, and
later went to Boston, where he was pur-
chasing tcommissary until 1898. and in May
of that year was promoted to be lieutenant
colonel and assistant commissary general.
From Boston he was ordered to important
duty at Chickamauga, as chief commissary
of the army concentrating at that point
preparatory to the invasion of Cuba and
Porto Rico From Chickamauga he went
to Porto Rico with the invading army s
chief commissary of the command of Maj.
Gen. Brooke. Peace was soon after de-
clared, and he returned to the United
States, and was assigned to the charge OF
the large supply depot at Chicago. In the
fall of 1899 he was called to Washington
for duty in the commissary generals office.
Gen. Sharpe reached the rank of colonel
and assistant commissary general in 1901.
and in the succeeding year went to the
Philippines for a tour OF duty as chief
commissary for that division. Gen. Weston
in his annual report of last year commented
in the most fattering manner upon the
effective way in which he discharged the
arduous and responsible duties of the po-
sition.
He was commissioned commissary gem
eral yesterday and win not retire for age
until 1922. If he continues in active serv
ice until that period he will have held the
Office of commissary general longer than
any of his predecessors except Col. George
Gibson. who never attained to the rank OF
brigadier general.
Writer and Student.
Cen Sharpe is clever writer and dill
gent reader. and is especially a close stu
dent of military science and all that In any
way touches bis profession. While sta
toned at st. Louis he wrote a book on
..The Art Of Subsisting Armies in War"
1t traces the rise and development of the
art of supplying armies, and Is text book
and historical narrative He also wrote an
essay on 1.-The Art of Supplying Armies in
the Field as Exemplifed During the Civil
War" and it won the first prize offered in
1895 in the contest of the Journal of the
Military Service Institution of the United
States. Gen. Sharpe translated from the
French THE Supply of the Armies of Fred
erick the Great and Napoleon" by Oh.
Aubry; and in collaboration with Capt. II.
E. Kendall, u. s. A.. also translated from
the French Notes on the Supply of an
Army During Active Operations" by o.
Espanet. He has in press 1.-The Provision.
ing of the Modern Army in the Field''--the
only treatise of its character that has ever
been published in the United States.
Gen. Sharpe enjoys the reputation of be-
Ing one of the best equipped officers who
ever belonged to the commissary corps. He
possesses thorough knowledge of the his
tory, scope and details of the subsistence
department; has analysed all the multifa-
rious articles of food that are purchased or
procured for the army. and which go from
the supply depots of the government to the
soldier. He has touched every field of
activity in his department. He served in
the line. where soldier life is at close range