Drumming out

In modern figurative usage, it may refer to any act of expulsion or dismissal in disgrace.

[1] One of the earliest recorded references to drumming out occurs in Alexander Pope's Moral Essays, 3rd epistle, 1731–1733: "Chartres was a man infamous for all manner of vices.

"[2] It also occurs in a figurative sense in Thomas Amory's 1766 Life of John Buncle: "They ought to be drummed out of society.

American Civil War officers drummed out of service might have their heads shaved and their uniforms stripped of insignia and be paraded in front of their comrades.

Fellow officers were forbidden to touch the person being dishonorably discharged, but in more than one case after the war had ended, a drummed-out man was found dead after receiving a beating from his former comrades.

Satirical cartoon of depicting Napoleon being drummed out
Satirical cartoon representing Napoleon's exile to Elba.
Morris Island, 1863. A soldier is drummed out of camp to the Rogue's March . The sign says he "stole money from a wounded friend".
Based on a contemporary sketch: Two thieves are drummed out of the Union Army to the Rogue's March . [ 5 ] Semi-shaving of heads was typical.