The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Commander Frederick Joseph Horne, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Naval Attach, Tokyo, Japan, in which capacity he had remarkable success in establishing and maintaining friendly relations with the Japanese authorities in supplying valuable information to the Office of Naval Intelligence and to the Commander in Chief of the Asiatic Fleet. Commander Horne also performed extremely meritorious service in connection with the purchase and building of ships in Japan for the United States Government.