Who is General Honus Barker from Welcome to the Monkey House and what is their importance?

The General is one of the government officials assigned to investigate Barnhouse's powers. He is extremely excited and pushy. He desperately wants the thought sequence that is the key to the Barnhouse Effect and will stop at nothing to get it. He is frustrated that Barnhouse is not cooperating with him. He wished he did not need Barnhouse to wield Barnhouse's powers. On the day of "Operation Brainstorm," the General is excited and eager. He does not notice that Barnhouse seems particularly taciturn. He also does not notice when Barnhouse walks right out of the compound. The disappearance of Barnhouse makes the General highly distraught. The Professor was his charge and he lost him.