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 Captain Thomas N. Hone, Royal British Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I. As Assistant to the Chief of the British Mission at American General Headquarters from December 1917 to June 1919, by his complete knowledge of the Intelligence Service, fostered by an earnest spirit of cooperation, Captain Hone gave much valuable aid to our Second Section of the General Staff, offering them every facility at his command.