Thomas Henry Barry | |
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| Born | (1855-10-13)October 13, 1855 |
| Died | December 30, 1919(1919-12-30) (aged 64) Washington, D.C., US |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Service years | 1877–1919 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Unit | Cavalry Branch |
| Commands | President of the Army War College Superintendent of the United States Military Academy Department of the East Philippine Department 86th Division |
| Conflicts | Spanish–American War Philippine–American War Russo-Japanese War World War I |
| Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star |
Thomas Henry Barry (October 13, 1855 – December 30, 1919) was amajor general of theUnited States Army who served in many conflicts throughout his military career but is perhaps best known as being superintendent of theUnited States Military Academy from 1910 to 1912.[1]
Barry was born in a small frame house at 24 Thames Street, near Trinity Place, inLower Manhattan. He played baseball inBattery Park as a young boy. He received his early education in the public schools and theFree Academy of the City of New York. He graduated fromWest Point in 1877.[1]
Barry was assigned as asecond lieutenant to the7th Cavalry Regiment on June 14, 1877. In 1880 he was transferred to the 1st Infantry.[2] He was appointed AssistantAdjutant General of the army in 1893. He was aLieutenant Colonel during theSpanish–American War. He was also Adjutant General of the 8th Army Corps during the war. He was appointedBrigadier General of volunteers after a brief period as Adjutant General of the army.[1] As a brigadier general of volunteers he served in theChina Relief Expedition and in thePhilippine–American War during 1900–1901. He became a brigadier general in August 1903[2] and, at the start of theRusso-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he was assigned to theImperial Russian Army as a military observer.[3] From 1905 to 1907, Barry served as the third president of theUnited States Army War College.[4]
In 1907, he was chosen as commander for the Army of Cuban Occupation and Pacification by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt. He was promoted toMajor General on April 29, 1908. He became Superintendent of the United States Military Academy on August 31, 1910.[5] He was succeeded byClarence Page Townsley as Superintendent of the Academy on August 31, 1912.[2] He was assigned to command the Eastern Division of the US Army for the next two years. In 1914 he was sent to the Philippines and China as commander of all the American troops. DuringWorld War I he commanded the86th Division, an all-draftee formation, from 1917 to 1918 but did not lead the division overseas. He then served as commander of the Central Department from Mar. 21, 1918 to January 14, 1919. Following a sudden death of Major GeneralJ. Franklin Bell on January 8, 1919, Barry was ordered back to the headquarters ofDepartment of the East atGovernors Island,New York where he once served in 1913 and assumed duty as commanding general. He was retired on October 13, 1919.[1]
General Barry was a member of theMilitary Order of the Dragon and theOrder of the Indian Wars of the United States.
Barry died ofuremic poisoning as the result ofBright's disease atWalter Reed Army Medical Center on December 30, 1919.[1] He had been ill for three weeks.[1][6]
In 1884, Barry married Ellen Bestor.[7] Their children included Ellen (1885–1974), the wife of Major GeneralWilliam Bryden.[7]
Major Gen. Thomas Henry Barry, U.S.A., retired, died early this morning from uraemic poisoning at the Walter Reed General Army Hospital, near Washington, where he had been ill three weeks, a sufferer from Bright's disease. Mrs. Barry and their son, Major Thomas B. Barry, were with General Barry when he died.
Major Gen. Thomas H. Barry, U.S.A., Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point, has been assigned to command the Eastern Division, with headquarters in New York, succeeding the late Major Gen. Frederick D. Grant.
Major Gen. Thomas H. Barry, U.S.A., who becomes Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point on Sept. 1 ...
Commanded Camp Grant. Retired but Recently.
The Army transport Thomas H. Barry arrived here yesterday and docked at Pier 11, Staten Island, with 474 passengers after a stormy fourteen-day voyage from ...
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| Preceded by | Superintendent of the United States Military Academy 1910–1912 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Commanding General 86th Division February–March 1918 | Succeeded by |
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