The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to Mr. George Hodges, a United States Civilian, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, as Manager of the Troop Movement Section of the Division of Operations, U.S. Railroad Administration. Mr. Hodges arranged all the details of the movement of troops from local Draft Boards to mobilization camps, between camps, or from mobilization camps to the Ports of Embarkation for shipment overseas. Troops in large numbers were moved on short notice, and he was responsible for the successful coordination and carrying out of these movements.