The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain of the Top William Lowell Hill, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct while serving on board the U.S. Training Ship Minnesota at Newport, Rhode Island, 22 June 1881, Captain of the Top Hill jumped overboard and sustained William Mulcahy, third class boy, who had fallen overboard, until picked up by a steam launch.