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) Walter C. Jones, 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 Quartermaster of the Intermediate Section, Services of Supply, American Expeditionary Forces, Colonel Jones performed his manifold duties with marked ability and outstanding successes. He was charged with the supervision of the Quartermaster Corps personnel of over 500 officers and 10,000 enlisted men, with the responsibility for the direction and control of the vast quantity of quartermaster stores required for the Intermediate Section, consisting of over 270,000 troops, and with the initial supply of four replacement (depot) divisions of over 300,000 troops. He fulfilled this tremendous responsibility with conspicuous and marked efficiency, handling with tact and keen judgment the many complex problems which constantly confronted him. His service was characterized with zealousness, resourcefulness, and farsightedness, and he proved himself equal to every emergency. He rendered services of signal worth to the American Expeditionary Forces.