With the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief, American Expeditionary Force, in France, The Marshal of France, Commander-in-Chief of the French Armies of the East, cites in Orders of the Army:

"Under the command of Major Taylor, barred to the enemy the passage of the Marne. In the course of violent combat, particularly the 31st of May and the 1st of June, 1918, it disputed foot by foot with the Germans the northern outskirts of Chateau-Thierry, and covered itself with incomparable glory, thanks to its valor and to its skill, costing the enemy sanguinary losses."