French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-14
"FIGHTING HUGERS" ON
N THE WESTERN FRONT.
Young Elliot. Representative of Old
Fighting Stock Training ia France
TO UphCld Family Standard.

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Paris, June 1,-(By. Mafl1--Blood is
much, much thicker than water.
If you don't believe the old, time
worn phrase above, look at the fight
ing record behind Daniel Elliott Huger.
49, New York City. today one OF Auer<
iCa's prominent citizens in training Id
France waiting his chance to help iii
the gaps in the famous Lafayette es-
QuardiIe. Here is ire record in brief:
MOnsiuer de Huger, 1774. embarked
at Bordeaux with General Lafayette to
help America fight for freedom.
Colonel Lynch Prioleau Huger, 1854.
son of a wealthy and distinguished
South Carolina family ian away to join
tnC Confederate army; 1870 the same
huger fighting in france with the
French against the German; 1898. the
same fighting under the American tag
with the olive-green in Cuba.
Daniel Elicit Huger, 1917. about 10
take the al under the Stars and
Stripes against the Germans.
Before many days, young Elliott
Huger will have taken up the fighting
family record that started on the docks
at Bordeaux Just about LA years ago.
Today. not so lar from Paris, Gne
young man VINO few months ago was
brokers' clerk with Rollins q Son.
42 Exchange Place, New York City, Is
tLrning up the engine of his fast lit te
All craft and burning to get at the ep-
envy. The instructors of the young
american say that America Will hear
more about = c tightiI 6 deeds of the
HI gers. Tie youngest fighting Huger
is known as one of the most apt of all
the applicants waiting to take a place
in the hard fighting American air
squadron. s-e-f,4--sa---->s-urSet
Huger's mother. is now Mrs. Thee
dore Reese. New York. His father.
the late Colonel Lynch P. Huger, was
the son of wealthy. and well known
South Carolina family of Hugenot
origin. The war fever that remained
in the veins of the young Huger OF the
South cause him to depart one night
from the ancestral Carolina mansion to
join the rangs of the army fighting for
the cause of Secession. Surviving the
war of Rebellion. Huger sailed for
France. the land of his forefathers in
! 1870 to help La Patrie against the Teu-
tonic armies of the former German
Emperor. After this war, the fever OF
combat, still ran strong sending Colo
mel Huger to take part in Central
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ing in South America and. Africa nc re-
| turned to America to fight his last war
the Spanish-American conflict OF
1898.
The fighting young Huger Of today
who came to France early in l9f7
with recommendations from some OF
the Oldest and best known failies In
new York including Mrs. William Lam
man Bull, relative of Huger, and
WIDOW of the late president OF the
stock exchange. was quickly installed.
| in the school of building American
eagIets. He was born at the home OF
his maternal grandfather, Floyd Fal-
ley, owner of an historic estate on the
finason. at Palisares, N. Y. After
schooling at Nyack. N. Y, high school
and Kent school. in Connecticut young
| I1ugeI set his first touch OF miu.efy
at Randolph-Macon ademy in Viz
einia. Leaving school in 1915 he took
up employment in Wall street but
cIerking for . broker during great
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