Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna October 1903, Drake akaenda nechikepe kuJolo, Sulu, muPhilippines. Achibatira paBasa reChipiri nereChitatu reSulu, akawana Silver Star pairi rose. Ari muPhilippines, Drake akakurudzirwa kukwidziridzwa kuva Major. Gare gare akapiwa Distinguished Service Cross nokuda kwoushingi hwake pakukombwa nokutorwa kweCotta Pang Pang musi waFebruary 14, 1904. Pashure pokudzokera kuU.S., akashanda paBoise Barracks, uye kubva muna August 1906 kusvika muna January 1909, akaita basa rokuunganidza vanhu paFort Slocum. Paakasvikazve kuPhilippines, Drake akashanda somutariri mukuru muFort Stotsenburg kusvikira muna March 1912. Pashure pokunge iye nehurumende yake vadzokera kuU.S., akashanda munzvimbo dzinoverengeka, kusanganisira kutora chikamu muPancho Villa Expedition
, umo aitungamirira chitima chokutakura motokari.