Show IN AT WE T POINT maj gen thomas I H 1 barry TJ S A who has bechina si superintendent i peri nten dent of tho the united states military academy at west P point in is what supreme court Jil justice stice ogorman recently termed a typical ical product of now new york Y ork city he was born and reared in the old farat ward and there are now in new york men who will tell you that tom barry was the handsomest boy in the old ward and that when ho he came back bacat from west point on furlough the younger boys were wont to point him out a as s their liero hero general barry was wan one of the popular cadets cabets during the four years lie he was at the academy A As 4 an athlete lie he stood in the front rank and lie he stood high its as a student in june 1877 lie he received his diploma and as a second lieutenant was assigned to the famous seventh cavalry custers Ou old command after three years in the seventh general barry was transferred to the infantry arm and assigned to the first infantry as a first lieutenant two years later he w was as promoted ted captain and after that passing th through throng every grade until in august 1903 president roosevelt roosebelt Roose made him a brigadier general in april 1908 the same president promoted him blin to his present rank the highest under tinder the present law that an army officer can attain general darry barry as superintendent it at west pol point nt is the second officer 0 of f his rank to hold that post sin since ce west point was founded tho the other was eliout gen john al 1 schofield who was a major general when appointed superintendent in 1876 |