Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Oketopa 1903, ka rere a Drake ki Jolo, i Sulu, i Philippines. I te mahi i te Tuarua me te Tuatoru o nga Rangahau Sulu, i whiwhi ia i te Whetu Hiriwa i a raatau e rua. I a ia i nga Philippines, i taunakitia a Drake mo te whakatairanga i a ia ki a Major. I muri mai ka whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu Ratonga Tohu mo tana toa i te whakapae me te tango i a Cotta Pang Pang i te Hui-tanguru 14, 1904. Whai muri i tana hokinga ki te US, i mahi ia i te Boise Barracks, mai i Akuhata 1906 ki Hanuere 1909, i mahi ia i te mahi whakauru i Fort Slocum. I te taenga mai ki Philippines, i mahi a Drake hei kaitiaki i Fort Stotsenburg tae noa ki te Poutu-te-rangi 1912. Whai muri i tana hokinga mai me tana rerenga ki te U.S., ka mahi ia i nga waahi maha, tae atu ki te whakauru ki te
Pancho Villa Expedition, i reira i whakahau ai ia i te tereina motokā motokā.