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 First Lieutenant Jane G. Molloy, United States Army Nurse Corps, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief Nurse of the Base Hospital at Camp Devens, Massachusetts during the World War, although greatly hampered by lack of personnel and equipment, First Lieutenant Molloy displayed unusual talent for organization, By her untiring, painstaking, and energetic efforts in the distribution of her staff and her personal care of the sick she rendered great service to the Army, particularly during the influenza epidemic, when the lives of many patients were saved through her efforts.