US Naval Reserve Midshipmens School - Capstan Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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VICE ADMIRAL RANDALL JACOBS, U.S.N. ' Chief rj the Bureau Q' Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL ARTHUR S. CARPENDER, U.S.N Commandamf, Ninth Naval Dislriet

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2' ou members mf this Seventh Class cyf the M idshipman School at Notre Dame, in the past four months, have learned that the Nazpl is exacting in its standards, high in its ideals. There is now placed on your shoulders the responsibility aj upholding these standards and these ideals. T ou will Jind yourselves in grave and responsible positions. T ou will find yourselves facing dangers, and jighting opposition designed to wzpefreedom, honesyf, and deoenqifrom the face fyf the earth. But regardless Q' what you jind or face, I feel conjident that the highest traditions cyf the Nay will he safeguarded in your hands. Good lueh to you all. The naval career of Captain Barry, embracing thirty-nine years in the service of his country, is one of color and versatility including duty aboard practically every type of ship under the American flag and in nearly every water on the face of the earth. Captain Barry was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1905 and upon graduation four years later was assigned to the battleship Missouri. Later he was transferred to the destroyer Drayton and then back to battleship service on the Navyls first dreadnaught, the Michigan. During World-War I, Captain Barry assumed command of the Pampanga, a former Spanish gun- boat sunk by Dewey in the battle of Manila Bay. This gunboat was subsequently raised and placed in commission by the U. S. Navy. After extensive duty in China and far eastern waters, he was made Captain of the Yard and Aide to the Commandant at the Naval Station at Cavite, P. I. ' I I , J. RICHARD BARRY Captain, U. S. Navy Later he served aboard another battleship, the North Dakota, and from there was transferred to duty with the Navy Department in Washington. His next command was the destroyer Reno. Then, after a tour of duty at Annapolis as instructor in Seamanship and Flight Tactics, he served on the staff of the Commander of the Train Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet. - X Returning to shore duty in Washington, Captain Barry graduated from the Naval War College and became executive oflicer of the light cruiser Trenton, In 1938 he was made commanding officer of the Trenton after an intervening period of duty ashore as executive officer of the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island. 'Under his command the Trenton became the flagship of the European Squadron. He came to Notre Dame from Colombia, South America, where he served for two years as Chief of the U. S. Naval Mission to that country.