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 (Ordnance Corps) Charles Elliot Warren, 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, while in charge of the finances of the Small Arms Division, Ordnance Office, where his eminent ability as a financier and as an executive were invaluable in the early organization of the division. Later, as Chief of the Small-Arms Section, Procurement Division, Ordnance Office of the Secretary of War, Lieutenant Colonel Warren rendered conspicuous service in the conduct of its immense affairs.