The Irish standard., 1909-04-24
nd Tommy was brought up in the

and Tommy was brought up in the
faith.
Barry served with the Seventh cav
airy in Dakota and Minnesota. Tho
opportunities for more telling service
appealed to him elsewhere, so at his
own request he was transferred to the
First infantry which was engaged in
Indian campaigns in tho farther west.
Geronimo and his blood-thirsty
Apaches We're raising havoc in Art
IONA. and Barry jumped into tho
middle of the fray and got a taste OF
real fighting. Later he received his
second baptism Of fire in the Sioux
campaign in the winter Of 1901 in
South Dakota. He had learned some
lessons in scouting with the Seventh
cavalry around Sitting Bulls territory,
all of which stood him in good stead,
for his first promotion came in 1891
during the Pine Ridge campaign.
The plodder had begun to get no.
ticed. His name found it's way into
the war office and Secretary Lamont,
one day, put his finger upon it, called
his secretary and Captain Barry found
himself berthed in Washington for
duty in the office Of the secretary of
war; Washington wanted to get into
closer touch with trans Mississippi af-'
fairs and the executive work of tho
young officer spoke for itself.
Tho hardy Irish lad was set to work.
in company with a New York lawyer,
to right the business methods in the
war department. That he did some
vigorous cleaning up no one will
doubt who knows him. Lamont kept
him at work as long as he remained
at the head OF the war office, and
when he left it was Major Barry. sir"
o; the adjutant generals department.
This was the critical period in Ma
jor Barry's life that led OH to fortune
or good fortune, for his career since
has been full of activities. This direct
effect Of his advance was to make him
adjutant general of the department of
Columbia, of the state Of Washington,
where trans-Pacific affairs were o.
moment. Barry was the logical man
to send to the Philippines as General
Otis adjutant general and he has been
the logical man for many posts since.
Affairs in the Philippines were in a
terrible MOL and Barry had to work
like a native caraboo to haul order out
Of chaos. In 1900 be came back to
the United States, under Otis rccom-
mendation, to his appointment as a
brigadicr- general of volunteers. After
General MacArthur's succession to the
military governorshlp of the Philip
pines Barry was sent back and APP
pointed to a brigadier- gcncralsllip ard
ordered to be chief Of staff of tho
corps. He went on to tho Philippines
and served out his appointment as
chief Of staff, retiring from the volun-
tcer service and rc-enterng the regu
lar army as adjutant general OF the
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quarters at Governors Island, New
York. When there he was appointed
a brigadier general Of the United
States army (in 1909 and chief of
staff OF the department of the cast.
Later he was given charge OF the de-
partment Of the gulf.
But the cast was calling and whe,
the war broke out between Russia and
Japan General Barry was sent to Rus
STA. to watcl, and report upon the
operations i'm Manchuria. He visited
various European armies and attended
he was appointed to the general staff
and made president Of the war col
lego despite his preference for work
in the field.
Whatever Barry undertook he sue
ceeded in. and promotions came thick
and fast He has served on every
rung Of the army ladder, from cadet
to major general. Today we have
Major General Thomas Fl. Barry, who
knows the army game from start to
finish, the best known Catholic officer
in the service, and a. genuine part Of
that commodity known as army
brains
Roosevelt 10 Safe.