Davis County Clipper | 1900-08-31 | Page 3 | An Officer under Age

an officer ander age first lieutenant nugh hugh A drum ot of the infantry now in the philippines is one of the youngest officers ot of his rank in the re regular gular army no ho is a son of capt john drum of the infantry who was killed in action at a t santiago 1 young drum was ono one of the three young appointed to the regular army at the same time and under similar circumstances cum stances T the h e other two are hugh A drum licurs A 31 wetherell and F r W rowell the tha fathers of all three had been killed PA at santiago and each young man was wag under ago when he received his commission drum was born at fort brady mich sept 19 10 1879 and spent his boyhood at army posts pasta chiefly in texas and now new mexico