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 in lieu of the Certificate of Merit previously issued to Private George W. Wolf, United States Army, for highly commendable and courageous conduct as a member of 112th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, while attempting to rescue a comrade from drowning in the Delaware River between Newcastle and Wilmington, Delaware, on 10 December 1910.