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 to Chief Nurse Cecelia Brennan, United States Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility. As Chief Nurse of the Toul Hospital Center, France, during World War I, Nurse Brennan contributed largely to the successful care of over 10,000 sick and wounded by her skillful, tactful, and able direction of the work of the nurses at this center.