The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal (Posthumously) to Major (Medical Corps) Charles A. Powers, 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 Surgeon, first with the French armies and later with the American Red Cross Military Hospital No. 1, Major Powers displayed untiring energy and surgical ability of the highest order. By his professional skill he revolutionized the surgical treatment of faces mutilated by war wounds, demonstrating to the world how to restore them to a normal condition, thereby rendering conspicuous service, by this great contribution, in saving the lives of many French and American soldiers.