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Show COMMANDER AT LOCAL FORT TO SUPPORT CITY General Mac Alexander Is Speaker at Commercial Club Luncheon; Extends Greetings of Hit Officers SIXTH BRIGADE HEAD ARRIVES WITH STAFF More Troops Will Be Sta-tioned Sta-tioned at Fort Douglas; Fifty-third to Be Absorbed Ab-sorbed by Thirty-eighth CiVetlngi from himself and fellow offlcara were extended and pledgoa of tho aupport of the ontlro fort Douglaa garrloon to aaalat Bait Lake In any uaeful manner were given today by Brigadier Oeneral IT. O. Mao Aleg-under, Aleg-under, commander of tho new Blxth brigade headquartera at Kurt Ioug-laa, Ioug-laa, who arrived thla morning to aa-auiiie aa-auiiie hia dutiea at the head of the local army poat. Oeneral Mae Alexander waa a guest of honor thla noon at the weekly membership mem-bership luncheon of the Commercial club. Accompanying him were Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel Fred Biigby, who la auccveded by the general aa commander comman-der of the Port Douglas poat, and Lieutenant C. 11. I-ee, aid to Oeneral Mao Alexander. Tho new commanding command-ing officer waa also accompanied from ("amp Mill. Wash., by Captain M. R. fallen, brigade adjutant, of tlta .rjlxtb brigade. Oeneral Mao Alexander announced before today'a luncheon that fifteen orflcera and 12S enlisted men and lion - commlnsloned officers hsd cntrslned at Camp Lewis and would reach here to- I morrow or Yldny. One hundred of1 the soldiers are attached to the' Tnarty-elghth Infantry and twenty-flve 1 to the Blxth brigade headquartera com. 1 pany. There are alao about 100 horaVa and mulea and a largo amount of equipment being brought to Fort Doug- ' las with tho troops. "I wlaji to say that I applied ninny years ago to be stationed at Kurt Douglas, as It waa aagasdsj-toaw and le now, as one of the moot delightful etatlone In th army,' eald Oeneral Mas Alexander In rMpoadlug to hia Introduction at the Commercial club. "I finally have achieved my desire to bo stationed hero and. I assure you It la a genuine pleasure to come. If we at the fort can he of any uao to the people of fait I.ake. I pledge myself and offleera to play the game to the ' end In such Hervice." General Mac Alexander, who Is known ns, the rock of the Mnme" be-cauee be-cauee of his valiant service overseas, won great distinction during the World wsr. He was awarded the distinguished distin-guished service medal by congress In reward for his services In France, He waa a visitor In Halt Itke laat year, hut haa never been officially alatloned here With the coming of the troops tomorrow to-morrow the garrison at Kort Kouglns wlil number about S75 men. This number num-ber will be augmented until the total gnrriaon will lie between 800 and 00 men. There will be additional troops at the fort during the summer training ! camp season. The troops of the Klfty-lulrd Klfty-lulrd Infantry now stationed at fort Kmnrlus will he absorbed In the Thlrty-eiglith Thlrty-eiglith Infnntty and remain aa a part of the fort garrison. |