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 Major (Medical Corps) Alanson Weeks, 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. During the World War, as Surgical Consultant and Director of Surgical Teams in hospital formations at the front during the operations on the Marne, the St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne offensives, and later in Command of Base Hospital No. 30, by his loyal devotion to duty, sound judgment, and brilliant professional attainments, Major Weeks rendered services of great value in the care of the sick and wounded of the American troops, thereby contributing materially to the success of the American Expeditionary Forces.