The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in transmitting to First Lieutenant Lewis Clarke Lucas, United States Marine Corps, the Brevet Medal which is awarded in accordance with Marine Corps Order No. 26 (1921), for conspicuous conduct in battle while serving with Company D, First Marine (Huntington’s) Battalion, at Guantanamo, Cuba, on 13 June 1898. On 10 August 1898, First Lieutenant Lucas is appointed Captain, by brevet, to take rank from 13 June 1898.