ARNOLD, Lloyd - Putnam

Washington, Sept 21 – Marching through the hills of Virginia with the East Coast Expeditionary Force of the US Marine Corps, Lloyd F. Arnold, formerly of Fillmore, Putnam County, Ind is now taking part in a series of maneuvers which began August 27 and will not be completed until October 7 when the force returns to its base at Quantico, near here. Many unusual features are being carried out in connection with the maneuvers, including visits to the Civil War battlefields at Waynesboro, Winchester and New Market. At the latter place an historic spectacle of the battle of New Market is being presented by the Marines in conjunction with the cadets of the Virginia Military Institute.  Football and baseball games, moving pictures, athletic and educational features alternate between military marches and battle practice.  The Marines are following a circuitous trail to Waynesboro in the Shenandoah Valley and will return over a northern route by way of Winchester the entire journey being over 300 miles. They will reach Washington about Oct 6 where another football game and a great military spectacle is schedules to take place before the force returns to Quantico. Arnold is 21 years old and was born in Putnam County and he is a son of Mrs. Ollie A. Arnold of Fillmore.  He joined the Marine Corps at Indianapolis last May and he is now attached to the Aviation Force. More than 50 Marines from Indiana are taking part in the maneuvers.