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 Dr. P. Roux, a French civilian, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service in a position of great responsibility to the Government of the United States, during World War I, as Professor, Medical Inspector, French Director of Pasteur Institute, Paris, France. By his untiring zeal and devotion to the promotion of efficient treatment of the American sick and wounded, and by his earnest cooperation with the Medical Service of the American Expeditionary Forces in important research work, the inroads of disease and infections from wounds among Americans were curtailed. By his eminent skill in scientific research in the field of preventive medicine and wound bacteriology, Dr. Roux achieved marvelous results in the saving of lives among our sick and wounded. He has rendered service of great consequence to the American Expeditionary Forces.