sentences:  In April 1913, he was placed in charge of subsistence (food service) in support of the 1913 Gettysburg reunion, again receiving high praise from many, including Major General Leonard Wood and Pennsylvania Governor John K. Tener.In 1914, he was ordered to the Panama Canal to subsequently serve as the Chief Quartermaster under then military Governor of Panama Canal Zone, General George Washington Goethals.He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in June 1917.