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 Colonel (Ordnance Corps) Charles Macon Wesson, 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 Commanding Officer, Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts, from January to October 1918, by his indefatigable energy, great administrative ability, and thorough technical knowledge Colonel Wesson planned, erected, equipped, and brought to a highly efficient working basis a new factory for the manufacture of 240-mm. howitzer carriages, as well as a new forging plant for large-caliber guns–a definite contribution to the military power of the Nation. From November 1918 until August 1919, as Commanding Officer of the Ordnance Base Repair Shops at Mehun-sur-Yevre, France, he again rendered highly meritorious service in a position of great responsibility in salvaging ordnance material valued at millions of dollars and prepared it properly for shipment to the United States.