Brevet Brigadier General Harvey Brown, Brig. This name honored Brevet Brigadier General Edmund Brooke Alexander. Cushing was posthumously cited for gallantry with a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel. Longstreet was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant. In January 1929 Montgomery was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel. Later in his career, Parker rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general. Brevet Brigadier General Burton S. Alexander arrived in Hawaii to ascertain its defensive capabilities. He was given the rank of brevet second lieutenant. He was appointed to the 1st U.S. Artillery as a brevet second lieutenant. Sackville was advanced to brevet colonel. Rathbone resigned from the Army in 1870, having risen to the rank of brevet colonel. A rider who has successfully completed a brevet is called a randonneur. Hunt was rewarded for his service with the brevet of colonel in the Regular Army. Officially, both titles were used, as&colon; "Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Cornwallis". A brevet sergeant is less senior than a sergeant.