The Washington herald., 1916-09-18
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Best Service Column In City.

Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, who has Just
been appointed Quartermaster General of
the army, with the rank of major gen.
erai, has had long and distinguished
military career.
A native of New York, he was born in
Kingston, on April 30. 1858. His family
Is one of the oldest in the State, having
lived there for generations. His father
was Gen. George H. Sharpe, a veteran
or the civil war, who was a friend and
faYoT1te of Gen. Grant and one of the
political leaders OF the Empire State,
Under che army bill, which became
law early in 1901, Gen. Sharpe reached
the grade of colonel, and upon the pro-
motion of Commissary General John F.
Weston in the fall of 1905, succeeded to
the chiefship of the Subsistence Depart
ment. Two years afterward he made an
extended tour abroad to study the SUD-
ply systems of the English, French and
German armies. where every facility was
afforded and every courtesy shown him
| by the officials of the various countries
Gen. Sharpe has devoted his life to
study and mastery Of the problems
of supply, and has been active both as
an author and administrator. His ex-
perience in the line of the army, in actual
campaign and in charge of purchasing
and supply depots, and later as Commits
sary General. afforded him the widest
administrative opportunity. He has al
| so had the advantage of a tour of duty
in every section of the country and in
every field Of activity in his line
When the present Quartermaster Corps
was established in 1872 by the consolida-
ton of the Subsistence Quartermaster
and Pay Department, he assumed charge
OF the Supplies Division of the Quarter
master Generals Office. and for months
has been acting Quartermaster General.
Gf a
| book appeared, entitled, The Art OF
Suosisting Armies in War" This was
! followed by an essay on The Art of
| Subsisting Armies in the Field as Ex-
emplifed During the Civil War" which
Won the gold medal prize offered in the
contest Of the Journal Of the Military
| Service Institution Of the United States
Later he translated from the French
| c. H. Aubry's The Supply of the Armies
OF Frederick the Great and Napoleon -
In 1905 appeared his notable work. The
Provisioning OF the Modern Army in the
! Field"
The Army Medical School. situated here
will open its winter session October l6
The following officers of the Medical
Corps have been ordered to duty as mem.
! bers OF the faculty:
Col. William o. Owen, professor OF
medical department administration; Lieut.
Col. Champe c. McCullcch. jr, professor
OF military hygiene; Mai Carl R Oar
| nall. professor Of sanitary chemistry
Maj William H. MonCri"f, professor OF
/ operative surgery, and capt. Philip w
| Huntington. professor Of rOentgenOIoCv
| Capt. Huntington. who is the attending
surgeon in New York city Is now on
duty Al the military camp at Platts-
| burg. n. Y.
! The Army Medical School. which for
many years had been located at 81
| Thirteenth street northwest. has shift.
| ed its quarters to 49, Louisiana avenue
! northwest, the building formerly occupied
! by the District Commissioners. col vii.
| liam a. Arthur. OF the Medical Corps
is in charge of the school