The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Charles W. Ray, United States Army, for most distinguished gallantry in action on 19 October 1899, while serving with Company I, 22d Infantry, in action at San Isidro, Luzon, Philippine Islands. Sergeant Ray captured a bridge with the detachment he commanded and held it against a superior force of the enemy, thereby enabling an army to come up and cross.