Medals of Honor for both the Army and the Navy, being the highest decorations awarded by the United States government, are worn suspended from the neck by a ribbon of light blue studded with white stars so that the medal will be at the center of the neck opening of the coat. _The Medal Commemorating the Battle of Manila Bay._—This medal, popularly known as the “Dewey Medal,” was the next one authorized by Congress after the Medal of Honor, and was struck in accordance with a joint resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives approved by the President on June 3, 1898, reading as follows: “_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled_, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to present a sword of honor to Commodore George Dewey, and to cause to be struck bronze medals commemorating the battle of Manilla Bay, and to distribute such medals to the officers and men of the ships of the Asiatic Squadron of the United States under command of Commodore George Dewey on May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.” [Illustration: 1. Medal for Meritorious Service other than in battle, U. S. Navy, 1898 2. Certificate of Merit Medal 3. Civil War Medal, U. S. Army 4. Civil War Medal, U. S. Navy] [Illustration: 1. Indian Wars Campaign Medal 2. Cuban Occupation Medal 3. Congressional Medal for Philippine Service, U. S. Army 4. Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, 1912] The front or “obverse” of this medal bears the bust of Admiral Dewey in low bas-relief and the legend, “The gift of the People of the United States to the Officers and Men of the Asiatic Squadron under command of Commodore George Dewey,” while the back, or “reverse,” bears the figure of a sailor and a great gun with the inscription, “In Memory of the Victory of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898,” and the name of the ship in which the recipient served during the battle. The medal is suspended from a bronze bar by three links of chain and is backed by its distinctive ribbon, blue, yellow, blue. _The Medal Commemorating the Naval Engagements in the West Indies during the War with Spain._—This medal, usually known to the service as the “Sampson Medal,” was struck in accordance with a joint resolution of Congress approved by the President on March 3, 1901, reading as follows: