US Military Posts named for Confederate generals

[JMadonna]

(05-31-2013 06:06 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  So what is the history of Hugh Drum?

Drum was from Michigan and had a long distinguished career. He campaigned hard for COS which annoyed FDR. His chief backer for the job was Douglas MacArthur whom Roosevelt hated almost as much as Hitler.

When Marshall got the job, Drum was prompted to Lieutenant General. Drum was a proven organizer, trainer, knew how to run a staff effciently. Marshall kept him on active serve long after his peers had been retired by Marshall. Drum performed well in his role as one of the four Army commanders who oversaw the Army mobilization of 1940-41.

Herb - I know that Gen Richard Drum had the Drum Barracks museum named after him and that Hugh's father was a Civil War veteran. Could they have been father and son?