# Clarence Drum — Babbitt character guide

> Clarence Drum in Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Drum, Captain Clarence Drum, Mr. Drum

**First appearance:** 0000-chapter-i

## Who they are

A police captain and member of the Boosters' Club.

## In the story

### [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/chapter-xxvii)

Drum, a shoe merchant turned militia captain, aggressively advocates for violent suppression of strikers and confronts Babbitt after Babbitt questions his methods.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/i)

Serves as a militia captain during the strike, described as a round, merry shoe merchant turned ferocious enforcer.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/babbitt_se/chapters/ii)

Captain of the militia, advocates violent suppression of strikers, confronts Babbitt.

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