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) George H. R. Gosman, 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 Commanding Officer of Evacuation Hospital No. 1, Colonel Gosman was confronted with the tremendous task of transporting a group of partly finished barracks into an efficient and systematic hospital. He displayed sound judgment and great organizing ability. As Chief Surgeon, 4th Army Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, during the St. Mihiel offensive he displayed high medical military attainments in the disposition of his units and the provision for evacuation of the wounded and for supplies.