USMA Class of 1890. Cullum No. 3357.
He was the son of Joseph A. Sladen and Martha Winchester Sladen.
On October 8, 1903 as Fred Sladen, he married Elizabeth Lefferts [mispelled as Lifferto in the index] at Manhattan, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
He was subsequently promoted through the various grades to Major General in 1924. During the Philippine campaign, Sladen saw action in numerous engagements. From 1900 to 1904, he was assistant instructor of infantry tactics and the commander of a company of cadets at West Point. He was on relief duty at San Francisco after the earthquake and fire in 1906 and then at numerous posts in China, California-Mexican border and then to Washington, D.C. From March 1918 until August 1919, he commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Force, which fought at Chateau-Thierry and the Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel and Muese-Argonne offensives. After service in Germany, Sladen was in command of Fort Sheridan, Illinois through 1921, then he was appointed Superintendent of West Point from 1922 to 1926.
[bio by Clinton Slayton].
Sources: Military records and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume C, New York: J.T. White, 1892-1984.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Brigadier General Fred Winchester Sladen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while Commanding the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Ferme de la Madelaine, France, 14 October 1918. Although almost exhausted from 48 hours of continuous duty, without rest of any kind, General Sladen, upon learning that the front line was held up by enemy machine-gun fire, proceeded to the advanced position through three kilometers of severe artillery fire. Upon arrival, he found that the battalion commander had been killed and the units badly disorganized and intermingled. He personally reorganized the troops under the terrific machine-gun and shell fire, reconnoitered the enemy's positions and launched the advance anew. While engaged in this perilous mission he fainted from exhaustion, but, upon being revived, refused to be evacuated and continued in the work of reorganizing and stabilizing the line at this critical period. Due to his efforts the action was carried to a successful conclusion in the face of apparently insurmountable difficulties.
He was the son of Joseph A. Sladen and Martha Winchester Sladen.
On October 8, 1903 as Fred Sladen, he married Elizabeth Lefferts [mispelled as Lifferto in the index] at Manhattan, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
He was subsequently promoted through the various grades to Major General in 1924. During the Philippine campaign, Sladen saw action in numerous engagements. From 1900 to 1904, he was assistant instructor of infantry tactics and the commander of a company of cadets at West Point. He was on relief duty at San Francisco after the earthquake and fire in 1906 and then at numerous posts in China, California-Mexican border and then to Washington, D.C. From March 1918 until August 1919, he commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Force, which fought at Chateau-Thierry and the Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel and Muese-Argonne offensives. After service in Germany, Sladen was in command of Fort Sheridan, Illinois through 1921, then he was appointed Superintendent of West Point from 1922 to 1926.
[bio by Clinton Slayton].
Sources: Military records and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume C, New York: J.T. White, 1892-1984.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Brigadier General Fred Winchester Sladen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while Commanding the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Ferme de la Madelaine, France, 14 October 1918. Although almost exhausted from 48 hours of continuous duty, without rest of any kind, General Sladen, upon learning that the front line was held up by enemy machine-gun fire, proceeded to the advanced position through three kilometers of severe artillery fire. Upon arrival, he found that the battalion commander had been killed and the units badly disorganized and intermingled. He personally reorganized the troops under the terrific machine-gun and shell fire, reconnoitered the enemy's positions and launched the advance anew. While engaged in this perilous mission he fainted from exhaustion, but, upon being revived, refused to be evacuated and continued in the work of reorganizing and stabilizing the line at this critical period. Due to his efforts the action was carried to a successful conclusion in the face of apparently insurmountable difficulties.
USMA Class of 1890. Cullum No. 3357.
He was the son of Joseph A. Sladen and Martha Winchester Sladen.
On October 8, 1903 as Fred Sladen, he married Elizabeth Lefferts [mispelled as Lifferto in the index] at Manhattan, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
He was subsequently promoted through the various grades to Major General in 1924. During the Philippine campaign, Sladen saw action in numerous engagements. From 1900 to 1904, he was assistant instructor of infantry tactics and the commander of a company of cadets at West Point. He was on relief duty at San Francisco after the earthquake and fire in 1906 and then at numerous posts in China, California-Mexican border and then to Washington, D.C. From March 1918 until August 1919, he commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Force, which fought at Chateau-Thierry and the Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel and Muese-Argonne offensives. After service in Germany, Sladen was in command of Fort Sheridan, Illinois through 1921, then he was appointed Superintendent of West Point from 1922 to 1926.
[bio by Clinton Slayton].
Sources: Military records and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume C, New York: J.T. White, 1892-1984.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Brigadier General Fred Winchester Sladen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while Commanding the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Ferme de la Madelaine, France, 14 October 1918. Although almost exhausted from 48 hours of continuous duty, without rest of any kind, General Sladen, upon learning that the front line was held up by enemy machine-gun fire, proceeded to the advanced position through three kilometers of severe artillery fire. Upon arrival, he found that the battalion commander had been killed and the units badly disorganized and intermingled. He personally reorganized the troops under the terrific machine-gun and shell fire, reconnoitered the enemy's positions and launched the advance anew. While engaged in this perilous mission he fainted from exhaustion, but, upon being revived, refused to be evacuated and continued in the work of reorganizing and stabilizing the line at this critical period. Due to his efforts the action was carried to a successful conclusion in the face of apparently insurmountable difficulties.
He was the son of Joseph A. Sladen and Martha Winchester Sladen.
On October 8, 1903 as Fred Sladen, he married Elizabeth Lefferts [mispelled as Lifferto in the index] at Manhattan, New York.
They were the parents of two children.
He was subsequently promoted through the various grades to Major General in 1924. During the Philippine campaign, Sladen saw action in numerous engagements. From 1900 to 1904, he was assistant instructor of infantry tactics and the commander of a company of cadets at West Point. He was on relief duty at San Francisco after the earthquake and fire in 1906 and then at numerous posts in China, California-Mexican border and then to Washington, D.C. From March 1918 until August 1919, he commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Division, American Expeditionary Force, which fought at Chateau-Thierry and the Aisne-Marne, St Mihiel and Muese-Argonne offensives. After service in Germany, Sladen was in command of Fort Sheridan, Illinois through 1921, then he was appointed Superintendent of West Point from 1922 to 1926.
[bio by Clinton Slayton].
Sources: Military records and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume C, New York: J.T. White, 1892-1984.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Brigadier General Fred Winchester Sladen, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while Commanding the 5th Infantry Brigade, 3d Division, A.E.F., near Ferme de la Madelaine, France, 14 October 1918. Although almost exhausted from 48 hours of continuous duty, without rest of any kind, General Sladen, upon learning that the front line was held up by enemy machine-gun fire, proceeded to the advanced position through three kilometers of severe artillery fire. Upon arrival, he found that the battalion commander had been killed and the units badly disorganized and intermingled. He personally reorganized the troops under the terrific machine-gun and shell fire, reconnoitered the enemy's positions and launched the advance anew. While engaged in this perilous mission he fainted from exhaustion, but, upon being revived, refused to be evacuated and continued in the work of reorganizing and stabilizing the line at this critical period. Due to his efforts the action was carried to a successful conclusion in the face of apparently insurmountable difficulties.
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