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 Lieutenant Colonel (Medical Corps) Eugene H. Pool, 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 Surgical Consultant with the 4th Army Corps, 5th Army Corps, and then the 1st Army, Lieutenant Colonel Pool displayed unusual organizing ability, excellent judgment, and professional attainments of the highest order in directing the work of surgical teams in the care of large numbers of wounded in various hospitals at the front during the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, thereby rendering services of great value to the American Expeditionary Forces.