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 Major General (Retired) Carroll Augustine Devol, 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. General Devol, first as Depot Quartermaster and later as Zone Supply Officer in San Francisco, handled the Service of Supply and Service of Transportation on the Pacific coast during the war, being responsible for the supply of troops serving in the Philippines, Hawaii, Siberia, and Alaska and the camps on the Pacific coast. He handled this large responsibility with ability, good judgment, and conspicuous success.