The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Henry Frank Schroeder, United States Army, for most distinguished gallantry on 14 September 1900, while serving with Company L, 16th Infantry, in action at Carig, Philippine Islands. With 22 men, Sergeant Schroeder defeated 400 insurgents, killing 36 and wounding 90.