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 (Quartermaster Corps) William Horace Hart, 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, while serving as Quartermaster, Base Section No. 1. By his thorough knowledge of methods and standards of supplying troops, his resourcefulness and comprehensive study of the innumerable details of the largest and most important supply bases in France, Colonel Hart executed the important duties with which he was entrusted in a highly satisfactory and especially efficient manner.