<b><center>Hear Ye, Hear Ye</center></b>
<center>Be it known among the Patriots of the cause of Liberty</center>
<center>By Act of the Continental Congress</center>
<center>and</center>
<center>by order of </center>
<center>His Excellency, the Commander in Chief, General Cox</center>
<center><font size="4"><b>Brigadier General Lucas Kling </b></font id="size4"></center>
<center>is hereby awarded</center>
<center>the</center>
<center><b>Meritorious Service Medal</b></center>
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</center>
<center>and the following declaration is made recounting his deeds:</center>
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<center><font size="4">Whereas,</font id="size4"> </center>
<center>He has served faithfully the cause and done battle continuously against the Enemy</center>
<center><font size="4">Whereas,</font id="size4"></center>
<center>He has served to train others by his example and with his talent.</center>
<center><font size="4">Whereas,</font id="size4"></center>
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He has been an indispensible Aide to Lt. Colonel Mike Davies</center>
<center><font size="4">He is Therefore,</font id="size4"></center>
<center>Worthy of recognition of His Meritorious Conduct</center>
<center>as an Officer in the Army of the United States of America</center>
<center>Presented this Seventh Day of January</center>
<center>in the Year of Our Lord</center>
<center><font size="3">2005</font id="size3"></center>
<center>by his former Commander</center>