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) Frank W. Weed, 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. In August 1917, as Sanitary Inspector at Camp Funston, Kansas, Lieutenant Colonel Weed initiated and perfected the organization and establishment of a standardized type of detention and quarantine camp, the successful operation of which resulted in the installation of similar camps in all large cantonments throughout the United States during the war. This original and constructive work of his had a marked influence in controlling epidemic diseases, then prevalent, and greatly facilitated the rapid mobilization and training of urgently needed man power. From January until August 1918, as General Sanitary Inspector, Surgeon General’s Office, he rendered services of the highest order. Later, while on duty in the Hospital Division of the Chief Surgeon’s Office, American Expeditionary Forces, as Transportation Officer in Charge of hospital trains, ambulances, and the movement of sick and wounded within the American Expeditionary Forces to the Untied States during the period from January to July 1919, he directed the evacuation of over 100,000 sick and wounded to the United States.