By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bul. No. 43, W.D., 1918), First Lieutenant (Field Artillery) William M. Peeples, United States Army, is cited by the Commanding General, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the World War I Victory Medals awarded him. While serving as Telephone Officer with the 2d Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, Lieutenant Peeples faithfully and well performed his duties of keeping open the lines of communication. This often took him under heavy fire at all hours of the day or night, especially the work of repairing lines to the forward Observation Posts and to forward elements of the Infantry. He at all times did all in his power to maintain these lines, showing fearlessness, energy and initiative, often going out himself with the linesmen on troublesome lines, and thus maintained this particularly important branch of communications at a high level.