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 Lieutenant General Enrico Caviglia, Italian Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I. In his capacity as Secretary of State for War, General Caviglia was a potent factor in the victorious termination of our struggles against the common foe. For his unfailing courtesy and constant desire to aid in every possible way the American forces serving in Italy, he will ever be held in enduring memory by the officers and soldiers of our forces serving on Italian soil.