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Rhodes (CHARLES DUDLEY an American)

CHARLES DUDLEY, an American military officer, born at Delaware, Ohio, in 1865. He was educated 'at the George Washington University, and the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1889. After having been appointed in the same year 2nd lieutenant in the 7th Cavalry, he successively rose through the various ranks, to major-general major-general in 1918. He served in the Sioux Indian Campaign of 1890-1, in the Spanish-American War, in the Boxer (China) Relief Expedition, in the Philippine Islands (1900-1903), and in the World War, in which he commanded the 157th Field Artillery Brigade during the Aisne-Marne, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. Later he commanded the 42nd and 34th Divisions, served as chief of the American section of the Permanent Interallied Armistice Commission (1918- 19), and as commanding general of Base Section 2 at Bordeaux, France. In 1919-20 he was in command of the General Staff College. From 1903 to 1906, and again from 1909 to 1912, he was assigned to duty with the General Staff Corps, and from 1914 to 1917 commanded the Mounted Service Schools. He was awarded the D. S. M. and was made a Knight Commander of the Bath, and a Commander of the Legion of Honor. He wrote and lectured extensively on military subjects.