The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hillegas, Howard Clemens

HILLEGAS, Howard Clemens, American journalist and author: b. Pennsburg, Pa., 30 Dec. 1872. He was graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in 1894, and after being connected with several Pennsylvania journals was war correspondent of the New York World in South Africa 1899-1900. He has published &lsquo;Oom Paul's People&rsquo; (1899); &lsquo;The Boers in War&rsquo; (1900); &lsquo;With the Boer Forces&rsquo; (1900).