Andrew S. Rowan

The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Andrew S. Rowan, Captain, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in connection with the operations in Cuba in May, 1898. At the outbreak of the Spanish-American campaign Lieutenant Rowan, under disguise, entered the enemy lines in Oriente, crossed the island of Cuba, and not only succeeded in delivering a message to General Garcia, but secured secret information relative to existing military conditions in that region of such great value that it had an important bearing on the quick ending of the struggle and the complete success of the U.S. Army.