The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Edwin Gardner Weed Ruge, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 326th Infantry Regiment, 82d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, near Flirey, France, 4 August 1918. In an early morning raid Lieutenant Ruge charged up an exposed hillside and single-handed captured an enemy machine-gun position. This officer further distinguished himself near Champigneulles, France, 16 October 1918. while reorganizing the 1st Battalion, 326th Infantry, under heavy fire and leading it to the attack.