Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-24

| i.di SdId TIE SSueidi ne Is IoiOl
able and will keep his premise. But he
| expects YOU TO do the same. He is brave
and d magnificent horseman.
Brought Car Line to His Home.
| Returning to later years the general
| referred with some degree of pride to the
! fact that he was largely instrumental in
| securing the construction of the electric
railway that passes his farm.
Il was its first president" he said.
! Really L enjoyed the activity after my
retirement. and until 1882. even if it was
/ without pay. il afforded me- an easy let
! down. for l had been mighty busy man
/ for many years Besides he continued.
| Il had an iron in the fire for myself. l
| wanted a road from my place to the
| city, and got it."
And the old veteran talked. now of
| his early days. now of his later ones.
with the glow of health in his face and a
benevolent beam in his eyes that told
better than words the transformation of
the man of war to the man of peace. who
occupies his days in communing with ma
ture. and through her getting nearer to
natures god.
While the general has never entered
| into membership with any church. he has
a profound reverence for religion and is
keenly alive to the good that churches do.
His family are Presbyterans and men,
bers of the church
L am LOO ola 10 De OF any DSHSul 10 tIle
church." he said but l affiliate with it
heartily through the mediumship OF pray
er-an old mans privilege-through which
l hope to reach the greater light in the
life beyond"
ut is safe to assume" says a recent
biographer of Cen. Drum in Men of
Mark in Maryland that a man who,
despite the fact that he may not have
pursued the prescribed courses at the
United States Military Academy. nor re-
ceived at any other recognized military
school a technical training in the art of
war, has succeeded in making rapid and
| steady advancement in the United States
| Army finally reaching the rank of adj
| jutant general. must have possessed. in
large measure those qualities which
make for success in the career of SOL
der. Gen. Drum has accomplished this. .
Home Named After Parents.
Gen. Drums mother was Agnes Lang
In naming his beautiful country place
Gen. Drum has perpetuated the joint
names of father and mother by calling it
Langdrum.
He began life as a printer. doubtless
believing the art preservative of all arts
was the best foundation for whatever ca
reer he might ultimately adopt. He had
always manifested strong liking for all
things that pertained to military affairs.
When the war with Mexico broke out it
soon found him casting his fortune with
the army.
He enlisted as a private in Company K,
LIST Pennsylvania Volunteers. December
5. 1916, and thus from the very bottom
of the ladder he began his military ca
reer He was commissioned a second
lieutenant February Is, 1877 and took
part in the siege of Vera Cruz Suisse
quently he was engaged in the battle of
! Chapultepec and in the campaign which
| resulted in the capture of the City of
Mexico. He was brevetted first ieuten-
/ ant for bravery.
| During the Mexican war he was trans
! ferred to the artillery branch of the serv-
ice. When peace was declared he was
/ transferred to station in Louisiana
| where. September 81 1850 he married
Miss Lavinia Morgan daughter of Thorn
/ as Gibbs Morgan of Baton Rouge. Two
! daughters blessed the union One of
! them is now Mrs. Erwin w. Tarr of Penn
! sylvania; the other, Mrs. Hughes Oil
plant of New Jersey.
His Progress to High Rank
| He was appointed assistant adjutant
general of the United States Army. with
| the rank of brevet captain. prior to the
outbreak of the civil war. and during that
! conflict his splendid services were repeat
/ efly recognized at Washington May A.
| 1861, he was made captain; the I'd of Au-
gust following major, and July L. 1862
i he was promoted to be Lieutenant colonel
/ March II. 1865 he was brevetted briga-
der general for gallantry and distin-
/ guished service during the four years of
4 the war. Gen. Drum succeeded him as
| adjutant general of the United States
| Army June H. 1880
! Gen. Drum was in command of the
| military forces which were sent to Chi
| cago during the railway riots in 1877 In
1 1883 after forty-three years of active
eventful military life. marked by distin-
/ guished services and gallantry he was re-
| tired. and went TO take up life of peace
at his beautiful country home in Mont
| gomery county. Md.
| 1t was Gen. Drum who first made the
| recommendation. in 1887. to President
| Cleveland to restore to the Confederate
states the battle flags captured during
| the civil war. This suggestion Congress.
/ in 1875. eighteen years afterward unani-
| mously adopted.
! Gen. Drum was largely instrumental in
1 founding the Army Mutual Aid Associa-
4 ton. which accords immediate relief to
/ the widows and orphans of deceased
l brother officers. and for more than twenty
I years has been its president and one of
! It's most interested workers. He is also
/ one of the charter members of the Aztec
lean war. and a member of the Loyal Le-
2lon. we'll as of the Masonic frater-
! nifty.
Sinca his retirement he has been ac-
+ lively identified with many of the enter
prises that mark the progress of the sec
ton in which he has made his home; but
now. at the ripe old age of four score and
three. while still showing an interest in
al! that affects the nation. the Capita
city. his home section and his neighbors
he is reapng the reward of that happy re-
lection which is the consequence of a