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 Lieutenant Colonel (Ordnance Corps) Kenneth Bailey Harmon, 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. With exceptionally sound judgment and marked initiative, Lieutenant Colonel Harmon displayed a wide comprehension of existing conditions, solving perplexing problems connected with the establishment and operation of the Storage System of the Ordnance Department of the American Expeditionary Forces. He opened first a base, then an intermediate depot, and later an advance depot, accomplishing these tasks in spite of numerous obstacles. At all times tireless in energy he worked to insure an adequate supply of ordnance material for the troops at the front.