Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuni na 1897, an nada Hughes a matsayin mataimakin laftanan na Sojojin Sojoji kuma an sanya shi zuwa Rundunar Sojojin Sojoji ta 17. A watan Agusta an sanya shi zuwa 4th Infantry Regiment kuma aka tura shi zuwa Fort Sheridan, Illinois. A lokacin yakin Spain da Amurka, Hughes ya yi aiki tare da Rundunar Sojoji ta 4 a Cuba, kuma an ji rauni a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1898 a yakin El Caney.
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan da ya sake dawowa, sai ya koma aikinsa a Fort Sheridan. Hughes ya sami lambar yabo ta Citation Star don jaruntaka a El Caney. Lokacin da Sojojin suka kirkiro Tauraruwar Azurfa a 1918, an canza lambar yabo ta Hughes zuwa sabon lambar yabo.