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 (Adjutant General’s Corps) Frederick Worthington Lewis, 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 Officer in Charge of the Publication Division of the Adjutant General’s Office. To Colonel Lewis’ painstaking efforts, tact, energy, and zeal are due the accuracy with which publications issued to the Military Establishment through the Adjutant General of the Army were drawn and the promptness with which they were distributed.