DODDS, ALFRED AMEDEE 2-1922) , French gen eral, was born at St. Louis, Senegal, on Feb. 6, 1842, of Anglo French origin. He was educated at Carcassonne and at St. Cyr, and in 1864 joined the marine infantry as a sub-lieutenant. He served as a company commander in the Franco-German War, was taken prisoner at Sedan but escaped, and took part in the cam paigns of the Loire and of the East. In 1872 he was sent to West Africa, and except when on active service in Cochin China (1878) and Tong-king (1883), he remained on duty in Senegal for the next 20 years, taking a prominent part in the operations which brought the countries of the Upper Senegal and Upper Niger under French rule. He led the expeditions against the Boal and Kayor (1889), the Serreres (189o) and the Futa (1891), and from 1888 to 1891 was colonel commanding the troops in Senegal. At the close of 1891 he returned to France to command the eighth marine infantry at Toulon. In April 1892 Dodds was selected to command the ex peditionary force in Dahomey; he occupied Abomey, the hostile capital, in November, and in a second campaign (1894) he com pleted the subjugation of the country. He was then appointed in spector-general of the marine infantry, and after a tour of the French colonies was given the command of the XX. (Colonial) Army Corps, becoming inspector-general of colonial troops. From 1904 to 1914 he was a member of the Conseil Superieur de Guerre. He died in Paris on July 18, 1922.