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 Captain (Adjutant General’s Corps) George E. Adamson, 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 Confidential Secretary of the Commander in Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, and later of the General of the Armies, he has worked untiringly and given proof of marked ability and resourcefulness. In the multifarious details connected with his duties he has at all times displayed keen judgment, tact, unfailing courtesy, and loyalty. In the office of the Commander in Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, where there devolved upon Captain Adamson a great volume of work and a mass of detail, he handled each new problem which confronted him in an able and masterful manner and rendered invaluable services to the American Expeditionary Forces in a position of great responsibility and in times and circumstances of great importance.