Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya wani babban batun ne a lokacin mulkin Alexander. Alexander ya yi alƙawarin dakarun 'yan bindiga na jihar don yakin da kuma zuwa ga Ƙasar Mexico
a kan Pancho Villa kuma ya umarci mai tsaron gida (Idaho State Guard) a cikin sabis don kare Idaho. Duk da tsananin rikice-rikice na Jamus a Idaho a lokacin, Alexander kansa ba a taɓa tunaninsa ba ne a matsayin wanda ba shi da kishin ƙasa, duk da cewa an haife shi a Jamus ta yanzu.