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 Chief Nurse Ethel E. Sweet (Falconer), United States Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief Nurse of the Nurses’ Mobilization Stations in New York City, Chief Nurse Sweet (now Mrs. Theodore Falconer) contributed largely to the rapid and successful embarkation of over 10,000 nurses for overseas duty during the World War. She displayed exceptional zeal, foresight, and good judgment in organizing the separate staffs of this large group of nurses, and by her efficiency, industry, and tact made possible the transfer to Europe of this large contingent of women, an unusual and difficult feat performed under the most trying and perplexing conditions.