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 Lieutenant Andre Hallier, Army of France, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 3d Battalion of Light Tanks, Assault Artillery, Army of France, in the Bois-de-Beuge, France, October 3 – 4, 1918. After leading units of his battalion to their jumping off positions, Lieutenant Hallier went out with one enlisted man and established an observation post in advance of the outpost line. He maintained this position despite intense artillery and machine-gun fire, and sent back valuable information of the enemy, which was in a large measure responsible for the accuracy of our artillery fire. He displayed marked heroism and utter disregard for personal danger.