The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross (Posthumously) to Major (Infantry) Samuel Humes Houston, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Ville-Savoye, France, 4 August 1918. With but 15 minutes in which to prepare his battalion for attack, Major Houston on horseback galloped from flank to Sank, fully exposed to deadly artillery fire, in order to make the necessary preparations for the advance. After his leading element had started the attack, he was killed by an enemy shell.