The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in transmitting to Captain Allan Cunningham Kelton, United States Marine Corps, the Brevet Medal which is awarded in accordance with Marine Corps Order No. 26 (1921), for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence of the enemy while serving with Company A, First Marine (Huntington’s) Battalion, at Guantanamo, Cuba, on 11 June 1898. On 18 March 1901, Captain Kelton is appointed Major, by brevet, to take rank from 11 June 1898.