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 (Corps of Engineers) Gilbert Edwin Humphrey, 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 in charge of the building and organizing of the Engineer Depot at Norfolk, Virginia, and later as Director of Storage, Purchase, Storage and Traffic Division, General Staff.