LTC Ziba Lloyd Drollinger

INDIANA BOOK OF MERIT page 207

Ziba Lloyd Drollinger, Lieutenant Colonel, Division Machine Gun Officer, 2nd Division. Citation certificate Meritorous Services: 19 April 1919: For exceptional meritorous and conspicuous services as division machine gun officer, 2nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France; in testimony thereof and as an expression of appreciation of these services, I award him this citation. -John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief.

Croix de Guerre with gold star (France). Order No.12,055 "D", 24 December 1918, General Headquarters, French Armies of the East: From 2 to 10 October 1918, during the operations of Blanc Mont, he displayed indefatigable courage and energy in the control of the machine-gun units. He exposed himself to the enemy fire in order to augment the security of his personnel and the efficacy of his weapons.

Record. Born 28 June 1885, Rolling Prairie; son of George W. and Susan (Bailey) Drollinger. School teacher Mill Creek. Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 13 June 1911. Second Lieutenant, Infantry, 13 June 1911; First Lieutenant 1 July 1916; Major, Infantry, National Army, 7 June 1918; Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, U.S. Army, 7 October 1918; Captain, Infantry, Regular Army, 24 March 1920; Major, 1 July 1920. Assigned to 16th Infantry, serving in Alaska 1911-1912; at San Francisco 1912-1914; on Mexican border 1914-1917. Overseas 14 June 1917- 2 November 1918. Instructor, machine gun section, 1st Corps Schools, Gondrecourt, France, September- December 1917, and at Army Automatic Weapons School, Langres, France, December 1917-June 1918, Commanding 9th Machine Gun Battilion 1-20 July 1918; transferred to 2nd Division as division machine-gun officer, July-October 1918. Battles: Aisne-Marne, Oisne_Aisne, St. Mihiel, Champagne-Marne.

Funeral services for Lieut.-Col. Ziba Lloyd Drollinger, 53, a native of Wills township, who died in Washington, DC on Sunday (2 April 1939) were to be held today in the Arlington national cemetery in Washington. Lieut.-Col. Drollinger had a record of active service in the Mexican border war and the World war. Buried in Arlington section 3 grave #2062A west half.

1920 census living at Schofield Barracks Hawaii 1930 census living at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. graduated Command and General Staff School 20 June 1930

Ziba Lloyd Drollinger, Lieutenant Colonel, Division Machine Gun Officer, 2nd Division. Citation certificate Meritorous Services: 19 April 1919: For exceptional meritorous and conspicuous services as division machine gun officer, 2nd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, France; in testimony thereof and as an expression of appreciation of these services, I award him this citation. John J. Pershing, Commander in Chief.

Croix de Guerre with gold star (France). Order No.12,055 "D", 24 December 1918, General Headquarters, French Armies of the East: From 2 to 10 October 1918, during the operations of Blanc Mont, he displayed indefatigable courage and energy in the control of the machine-gun units. He exposed himself to the enemy fire in order to augment the security of his personnel and the efficacy of his weapons.

Record. Born 28 June 1885, Rolling Prairie; son of George W. and Susan (Bailey) Drollinger. School teacher Mill Creek. Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. 13 June 1911. Second Lieutenant, Infantry, 13 June 1911; First Lieutenant 1 July 1916; Major, Infantry, National Army, 7 June 1918; Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry, U.S. Army, 7 October 1918; Captain, Infantry, Regular Army, 24 March 1920; Major, 1 July 1920. Assigned to 16th Infantry, serving in Alaska 1911-1912; at San Francisco 1912-1914; on Mexican border 1914-1917. Overseas 14 June 1917- 2 November 1918. Instructor, machine gun section, 1st Corps Schools, Gondrecourt, France, September- December 1917, and at Army Automatic Weapons School, Langres, France, December 1917-June 1918, Commanding 9th Machine Gun Battilion 1-20 July 1918; transferred to 2nd Division as division machine-gun officer, July-October 1918. Battles: Aisne-Marne, Oisne_Aisne, St. Mihiel, Champagne-Marne.

Funeral services for Lieut.-Col. Ziba Lloyd Drollinger, 53, a native of Wills township, who died in Washington, DC on Sunday (5 April 1939) were to be held today in the Arlington national cemetery in Washington. Lieut.-Col. Drollinger had a record of active service in the Mexican border war and the World war. Buried in Arlington section 3 grave #2062A west half.

1920 census living at Schofield Barracks Hawaii 1930 census living at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. graduated Command and General Staff School 20 June 1930

PECK Genealogy, in part - This data is extracted from "A Genealogical Account of the Descendants in the Male Line of William PECK, one of the founders in 1638 of the Colony of New Haven", by Darius PECK, of Hudson, NY. Printed in 1877 by Byron & Getz, Steam Book Printers of Hudson NY (signed) Zibe L. Drollinger, Major Infantry, U S Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.

Frederick Adams Virkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 4 vols. (Chicago, IL: Virkus Co, 1930), Vol. IV, p. 162. Although the Virkus work is widely discredited because of its utter lack of documentation, it may have some validity in this case. Ziba Drollinger, George and Susan's son, was a graduate of West Point Military Academy with a lifelong passion for genealogy. One can assume at least that the information on himself that he submitted to Virkus is correct. Letters he wrote in pursuing his heritage as well as a detailed fan chart survive him. Margaret Rupel Bullock, Woodland, California, a direct descendant of Quinby Drollinger, has been able to support most of Ziba's data with documents.

Washington Post 11 March 1917 ... First Lieut. Ziba Drollinger 16th Infantry to report to West Point NY... Washington Post 10 March 1923 ...Major Ziba L. Drollinger, Infantry, Hawaiian department to the Adjutant General of the army for assignment...

Arrival New York 29 Aug 1925 from Southhampton England on the SS Lapland residence Boston

Drollinger, Ziba L. MAJ, "Operations of the Machine Gun Units of the 6th Brigade near Chateau Thierry, July 1-21, 1918" https://www.infantry.army.mil/monographs/content/wwi/index.htm
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History of The Boston University R. O. T. C. Unit (prior to 1943) CAPTAIN HENRY O. KELLEY, ’30 (BU Army ROTC) Military training at Boston University was inaugurated in 1918, When the Students’ Amy Training Corps was first organized. Barracks were fitted out on Boylston and St. Botolph Streets and an immense mess hall was outfitted. Colonel Harold E. Collins of M. I. T. was instructor of the unit. The S. A. T. C. lasted only three months, being abandoned by the War Department’s demobilization order in December, 1918. The Reserve Officers Training Corps was organized at the beginning of the college year, 1919-1920, with an enrollment of 579 students. During the 1920’s, the unit drilled in the South Armory on Irvington Street, except for the annual review and inspection, which was held in the Fenway near the Art Museum. In those days, the students wore the uncomfortable uniforms of the World War period, with high collars and wrap leggings. Some of the outstanding events in the history of the R. O. T. C. include the celebration in honor of Marshal Ferdinand Foch when he visited Boston, and an address by Sergeant Samuel Woodfill, characterized by General Pershing as the “Greatest Hero of the A. E. F.” In 1929, a large group of college students from Australia and New Zealand visited Boston as a part of their world tour. After a caterer’s luncheon in the South Armory, the R. O. T. C. escorted their visitors to the State House, Where Governor Frank G. Allen delivered an address of welcome in the historic Hall of Flags. Many followers of the Scarlet and White will remember “Mickey’’ Cochrane, who established quite a record as a Boston University athlete before entering the field of professional baseball.　As an undergraduate, “Mickey’’ was cadet first sergeant of “C’’ Co., Boston University R. O. T. C. Several years ago, when the Philadelphia Athletics played in Boston, the Unit paraded in honor of its famous alumnus. In the reviewing stand with Cochrane were Dean Everett W. Lord and the venerable Connie Mack. On behalf of the Unit, the cadet regimental commander presented a suitably engraved statuette to the well-known ball player. During the 1920’s, there was a difference of opinion as to the desirability of the compulsory feature of the R. O. T. C. This controversy was ended in 1926, when President Daniel L. Marsh announced that hereafter military training would be optional. Under this system, the Unit has thrived, with a large enrollment, composed largely of c. B. A. students, but with a sprinkling of men from other departments of the University. For thirteen years, the R. O. T. C. has received an “excellent’’ rating from the War Department, which entitles each cadet to wear a blue star on his uniform sleeve. The Saber Club, composed of Advanced Course cadet officers, was incorporated as “K’’ Company, 6th Regiment, Scabbard and Blade, in 1928. This splendid military fraternity has done much to raise the standards of military training at Boston University, as it has done at many colleges and universities・ During the twenty-three years of its existence, the R. O. T. C. has been under the capable leadership of the following Regular Army officers detailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics: 1919-1923　 Col. Paul W. Baade 1923-1927 Col. Ziba L. Drollinger 1927-1930　 Col. William H. Wilbur 1930-1936　 Col. William A. Ganoe 1936-1939 Col. Clarence M. McMurray 1939-　　 Col. Edward L. Hooper Many graduates of the R. O. T. C. are now serving in the armed forces in Europe, Africa, and Asia, as well as those who are training m the United States. Many of these young men look back with pride to the days when they marched in the ranks of the R. O. T. C., receiving training which is now proving so valuable. It is with pride that Boston University salutes her sons in uniform!” Note: I think that "COL" was not accurate in this listing, but the position and time-frame are.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 8 2020, 14:39:39 UTC