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Theodore Roosevelt is pleased and not amused by the reports and its parts marked by Thomas Henry Barry. Roosevelt shames Congress for not allowing vacancies to be filled and criticizes who they sometimes nominate for their positions. He sends regards to Ellen Bestor Barry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
Theodore Roosevelt wishes he could accept General Barry’s invitation to the Army-Navy football game. He takes pleasure in thinking of Barry at West Point and has always considered him “pretty near answering my ideal of the American soldier.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-10
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased that General Thomas Henry Barry liked “Peace of Righteousness” and is gratified that it will be read to cadets at West Point. He requests that Barry give Colonel Lucius Hudson Holt his regards, and regrets that he is unable to appear for a lecture. He reminds Barry that he hopes to see Barry and his wife at Oyster Bay.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-15
President Roosevelt acknowledges receipt of Brigadier General Barry’s letter, and tells him that he was pleased to appoint Thomas B. Barry, Barry’s son, as a principal cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Roosevelt is delighted to hear how well Charles E. Magoon, provisional governor of Cuba, is doing.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-01-18
Thomas Henry Barry tells President Roosevelt about the visit of Hermann and Lillian May Speck von Sternburg to Cuba, and of some of the upcoming activities that he has planned for them. The Sternburgs have greatly enjoyed their visit to Cuba, and plan to begin their return trip to Washington, D.C., on March 9th. Barry says that Roosevelt must come visit Cuba sometime as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-03-02