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 Colonel (Medical Corps) Lewis A. Conner, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of the Internal Medicine Division of the Surgeon General’s Office, a position of great responsibility, to Colonel Conner is due, in large measure, the expansion and successful administration of that division. By his powerful influence he induced many eminent internists to remain in the bas hospital after the signing of the armistice until the sick from overseas had been taken care of.