New-York tribune., 1919-12-31
General Z. I'll. Barry,
N d as Fighter,
Dies i'm Washington
Uraemic Poisoning Fatal to
Distinguished Commando
er After Serving 46 Years
in Every Grade of Army

u. S. A., retired, one Of the most dis
tinguishcd OF tho elder officers Of the
nations military service. died early
yesterday morning at the Walter Reed
Hospital, Washington, where he had
been for several weeks. The immedi-
date cause of death WAS uraemic poi
soning. His body VIII be brought to
this city for interment He is sur
vived by his wife, a son, John Barry,
and a daughter. Mrs. William Dryden
Thomas Henry Barry was born at
"a Thames Street. Now York, on Octo-
garet (Dimond> Barry, and was edu-
Gated in the public schools and the
College of the City OF New York. After
one year in the latter institution, in
1878. he won a competitive examine
ton for West Point, and received ap-
pointment from Robert B. Roosevelt,
uncle Of Theodore Roosevelt, then .,ep-
At the AHdemy he ranked high CT in
athletics tnan in scholarship. and was
grad duatcd in 1877, ut about the middle
OF his class. For three years there
after he was with tho 7th Cavalry in
Dakota and Montana, chiefly at the
Standing Rock Agency, the home Of
Sitting Bull.
Thirteen Years Active Service
There followed thirteen years of
active service with the 1st Infantry
in Texas, Arizona, California and South
Dakota, including the Geronimo Apache
campaigns of .8S2-'86 and the Sioux
te9 Of 1390-'91. Meantime, in Jnnu-
ary, 1854, he married Miss Ellen Bes-
sor of Washington.
During the Sioux campaign, at Pine
Ridge, he was promoted to captain
and then was called to Washington TO
serve in the office of the Secretary of
War, Daniel S. Lamont. There his
ly the business methods Of the de-
partinent. At the beginning OF 1897
he was promoted to ma or in the ad-
jutant generals department, and was
on duty at Vancouver Barracks until
the outbreak Of thea Spanish War,
when, at he request of General Otis,
be was sent to the Philippines, where
he served as adjurant general until
1900,
Then, after three months work in
the War Department at Washington,
ma was, on the urgent request Of Gen
erai Macarthur, made brigadier gen
eral of volunteers and chief of staff
in tho Philippines. But instead of
going directly to Manila he was Gent
to China. where he served with dis
tinctlon in the Boxer war relief expe-
dltlon. Thence he went to the Phil
ippines, until he was mustered out in
The summer Of 1901.
Aftor another short service at Wash.
lngto1 ne. came 10 New York as adju-
tent general OF the Department of the
East, at Governors Island headed
the first list of officers selected for
the general staff corps. and was CHIEF
o. staff of The Department of the East
uMNi August, 1903, when he was pro
AIRY, 1904, he was made commander Of
the Department. OF tho Gulf, at At
lanta; II 1906 he WIS Official observer
with the Russian army, and Oh Lis
return 10 Washington waa reapp0inted
to the general staff and made presi~
dent of the Wax College. in 1905 he
observed the maneuvers of the Ger
man army. In 1907 he commanded the
,rrny of pacihcation in Crba, where
ne rendered services of the utmost del
icaey and highest Importance.
Head of " est Point
On April 20, 1908. he was promoted
to najo~ general. and on his return
from Cuba in 1909 he was made con-
fornia. a year later he succeeded
ColoNel Hugh l.. Scott as superinten-
don't 6 West Point. Thence N April.
1912, he came to New York as the sue
cessor Of General Frederick D. Grant.
ct Governors Island, as commander Of
the Division and Department Of thc
Last
Again he WAS sent 10 the other side
nj the world in March. 1914, as com
don
Philippines. He served botn in the
islands and in China until 1915, when
he returned to this country, and com
manded the Central Department, az
Chicago, from May 28, 1oi6, to Angus
"a, 1917. While thus engaged he
agreed with General Leonard Wood in
reporting the mobilization Of the Ma
tional Guard to be {, complete failure.
due to inherent defects Of the militia
system. In no state" he said, "was
the National Guard prepared 10 take
uhpreparedness was due TO the faulty
system under which the National Guard
is organized. supplied and controlled"
On August 25, 1917. he assumed COM
mand of Camp Grant and the Seth
Division, at Rockford, ILL.,, and from
November, 1917, to February, 1918, WAS
abroad on inspection duty with the
a. T.. ., an examining board having ad-
Judged aim phys cally unfit for hed
service. In February. 1918, he re-
turned home. and March 23 made o
hrief but most impressive address be-
fore 10000 people a. the sheep meadow
OF Central Park when badges of honor
were conferred. nron some of tNc heroes
q the 9th Division.
Succeeded General Bell
At about that time he resumed COM
nand OF the Central Department, and
there remained until January is. 1919.
whom he succeeded the late Major Cen
eral j. Franklin Bell in command Of
the Department of the East, at Gov
ernor's Island. That command he re-
tained until automatically retired for
age, October Is last, when he was sue
eeeded by Lieutenant General Robert
l.. Bullard.
Thus he had served for more than
forty-sx years in every grade from
cadet to major general. with an cxcep-
tionally large proportion of the time
spent III active field operations He
was noted at all times for his Nm