Examples from literature

• A hundred yards away, to the right, an officer walked backwards with an automatic pistol balanced on his finger, smiling, pulling his men along like a drum major. 
• I have seen pupils, trying to master the art ofbreathing, holding themselves as rigidly as drum majors. 
• The father was strutting with all the importance of a drum major. 
• Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major. 
• With the heavy club he gave his wires a sure test, and between sections, first in play, afterward to keep his circulation going, he had acquired the skill of an expert drum major.