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Show Fort Commander ' Will be Speaker On Mame Battle General Ulyasea O. McAlexander, commanding officer at rt. Douglaa. will deliver hie talk. "The ttecond Battle Bat-tle of the Marne." at the Tabernacle at I II o'clock thla evening. General McAlexander, who waa promoted to the rank of brigadier general In recognition rec-ognition of his action In atopplng the last great German offensive In July, haa been Invited to talk tn tha publlo tonight. There will be no admission ad-mission charge and all are Invited. In July. lll. while In command of the Thirty-eighth Infantry, two battalions bat-talions of which are now atatloned at Ft. Douglaa. General McAlexander had the tremendous task of blocking the passage across the Mame which led to Parla. The German high command hurled alx dlvlalnna of picked shock troops against this lone regiment of the Third American division. General Gen-eral MrAlexander'e regiment not only broke the offensive, but drove the German troops back across the Marne. Th French high command conferred the title of "Rock of the Mame" upon General McAlexander for thla action. |