Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I te Pipiri 1897, i tohua a Hughes hei tuarua tuarua mo te Infantry ka tohaina ki te 17th Infantry Regiment. I te marama o Akuhata i whakawhiwhia ia ki te 4th Infantry Regiment ka tukuna ki Fort Sheridan, Illinois. I te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika, i mahi a Hughes me te 4th Infantry i Cuba, a i whara ia i te Hurae 1, 1898 Pakanga o El Caney
He aha? Whai muri i tana wehenga whakaora, ka hoki ia ki te mahi i Fort Sheridan. I whakawhiwhia a Hughes ki te Whetu Whakataunga mo te toa i El Caney. I te wa i hangaia ai e te Ope Taua te Whetu Hiriwa i te 1918, ka hurihia te tohu a Hughes ki te tohu hou.