The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Archibald Henry Sunderland, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Commandant of the Coast Artillery School and in the reorganization and administration of that institution, General Sunderland thereby enabled it to meet effectively the demands made upon it for training candidates for commissions in the Coast Artillery Corps.