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This filed pursuant to Rule 497(e)
File No. 2-66315  and  811-02889.
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            YIELDS                                   MEMBERS
  For current recorded yield
 information on the Funds, call toll-                                         
 free (800) 221-9513.                                                         
                                                                              
  The Funds are open-end management             Money                         
 investment companies with investment           Market                        
 objectives of safety, liquidity and            Accounts                      
 maximum current income (in the case                                          
 of Alliance Municipal Trust-General,                                         
 exempt from Federal income taxes).                                           
 Alliance Capital Reserves and Alli-                                          
 ance Treasury Reserves and the Gen-                                          
 eral Portfolio of Alliance Municipal                                         
 Trust are diversified. This prospec-                                        
 tus sets forth the information about                                        
 each Fund that a prospective in-                                             
 vestor should know before investing.                                       
 Please retain it for future refer-
 ence.
 
  AN INVESTMENT IN A FUND IS (I) NEI-
 THER INSURED NOR GUARANTEED BY THE
 U.S. GOVERNMENT; (II) NOT A DEPOSIT
 OR OBLIGATION OF, OR GUARANTEED OR
 ENDORSED BY, ANY BANK; AND (III) NOT
 FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DE-
 POSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE               FEATURING                   
 FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER             Alliance Capital Reserves   
 AGENCY. THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE              Alliance Treasury Reserves  
 THAT A FUND WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN           Alliance Municipal Trust    
 A STABLE NET ASSET VALUE OF $1.00                - General Portfolio       
 PER SHARE.                                                                 
 
  A "Statement of Additional Informa-
 tion" for each Fund dated November
 1, 1995, which provides a further
 discussion of certain areas in this            Prospectus November 1, 1995 
 prospectus and other matters which
 may be of interest to some invest-
 ors, has been filed with the Securi-
 ties and Exchange Commission and is
 incorporated herein by reference. A
 free copy may be obtained by con-
 tacting your Registered Representa-
 tive.
 
  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN AP-
 PROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURI-
 TIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY
 STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS
 THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMIS-
 SION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMIS-
 SION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR AD-
 EQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REP-
 RESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
 CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
 CONTENTS                                       Members Money Market Accounts
<TABLE>                                                 Offered Through
<S>                                   <C>         CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc.
Expense Information................   2             5910 Mineral Point Road
Financial Highlights...............   3               Madison, WI 53701
Investment Objectives and Policies.   5
Purchase and Redemption of Shares..   8                  Member NASD
Additional Information.............   9                  Member SIPC
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                              EXPENSE INFORMATION
 
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES
 
  The Funds have no sales load on purchases or reinvested dividends, deferred
sales load, redemption fee or exchange fee.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (as a percentage of average   ACR   ATR   AMT-GEN
 net assets, after expense reimbursement)                    ---   ----  -------
<S>                                                          <C>   <C>   <C>
   Management Fees..........................................  .48%  .50%   .50%
   12b-1 Fees...............................................  .25   .20    .25
   Other Expenses...........................................  .27   .30    .25
                                                             ----  ----   ----
   Total Fund Operating Expenses............................ 1.00% 1.00%  1.00%
</TABLE>
 
EXAMPLE
 
  You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5%
annual return (cumulatively through the end of each time period):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
                                                 ------ ------- ------- --------
<S>                                              <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>
   ACR..........................................  $10     $32     $55     $122
   ATR..........................................  $10     $32     $55     $122
   AMT--General.................................  $10     $32     $55     $122
</TABLE>
 
  The purpose of the foregoing table is to assist the investor in understand-
ing the various costs and expenses that an investor in each Fund will bear di-
rectly and indirectly. The expenses listed in the table for ATR are net of the
contractual reimbursement by the Adviser described in this prospectus. The ex-
penses of such Portfolio would be: ATR: Management Fee--.50%, 12b-1 Fees--
 .25%, Other Expenses--.30% and Total Operating Expenses--1.05%. THE EXAMPLE
SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A REPRESENTATION OF PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES; ACTUAL
EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN.
 
 
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     FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS . FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD
 
  The following tables have been audited by McGladrey & Pullen LLP, each of
the Fund's independent auditors, whose unqualified report thereon appears in
each Statement of Additional Information. This information should be read in
conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in each
Fund's Statement of Additional Information. Further information about a Fund's
performance is contained in each Fund's annual report, which is available
without charge upon request.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
 ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             1995    1994    1993    1992    1991    1990    1989    1988     1987     1986
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  -------  -------
 <S>                        <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>
 Net asset value,
  beginning of period.....   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00    $1.00    $1.00    $1.00
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  -------  -------
 INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
  OPERATIONS
 Net investment income....   .0447   .0255   .0266   .0438   .0662   .0782   .0788   0.0625   0.0549   0.0685
 Net realized gain on
  investments.............     -0-     -0-   .0003   .0013     -0-     -0-     -0-      -0-      -0-      -0-
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  -------  -------
 Net increase in net
  assets from operations..   .0447   .0255   .0269   .0451   .0662   .0782   .0788   0.0625   0.0549   0.0685
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  -------  -------
 LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
 Dividends from net
  investment income.......  (.0447) (.0255) (.0266) (.0438) (.0662) (.0782) (.0788) (0.0625) (0.0549) (0.0685)
 Distributions from net
  realized gains..........     -0-     -0-  (.0003) (.0013)    -0-     -0-     -0-      -0-      -0-      -0-
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  -------  -------
 Total dividends and
  distributions...........  (.0447) (.0255) (.0269) (.0451) (.0662) (.0782) (.0788) (0.0625) (0.0549) (0.0685)
                            ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------  -------  -------
 Net asset value, end of
  period..................   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00    $1.00    $1.00    $1.00
                            ======  ======  ======  ======  ======  ======  ======  =======  =======  =======
 TOTAL RETURNS
 Total investment return
  based on:
  Net asset value(a)......    4.57%   2.58%   2.73%   4.61%   6.84%   8.14%   8.20%    6.45%    5.64%    7.09%
 RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of year
  (in millions)...........  $3,024  $2,417  $2,112  $1,947  $1,937  $1,891  $1,536   $1,392   $1,458   $1,198
 Ratio to average net
  assets of:
  Expenses, net of waivers
   and reimbursements.....    1.00%   1.00%   1.00%   1.00%    .97%    .88%    .95%     .95%     .99%    1.01%
  Expenses, before waivers
   and reimbursements.....    1.03%   1.03%   1.00%   1.00%    .97%    .98%   1.05%    1.05%    1.09%    1.11%
  Net investment
   income(b)..............    4.51%   2.57%   2.65%   4.37%   6.62%   7.82%   7.87%    6.26%    5.50%    6.85%
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(a) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
    at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
    dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
    redemption on the last day of the period.
(b) Net of waivers and reimbursements.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           SEPTEMBER 1, 1993(A)
                                              YEAR ENDED         THROUGH
                                             JUNE 30, 1995    JUNE 30, 1994
ALLIANCE TREASURY RESERVES                   ------------- --------------------
<S>                                          <C>           <C>
Net asset value, beginning of period........   $   1.00          $  1.00
                                               --------          -------
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
Net investment income.......................      .0460            .0260
                                               --------          -------
LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends from net investment income........     (.0460)          (.0260)
                                               --------          -------
Net asset value, end of period..............   $   1.00          $  1.00
                                               ========          =======
TOTAL RETURNS
Total investment return based on: net asset
 value (b)..................................       4.71%            3.18%(c)
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Net assets, end of year (in thousands)......   $493,702          $80,720
Ratio to average net assets of:
 Expenses, net of waivers and reimburse-
  ments.....................................        .69%             .28%(c)
 Expenses, before waivers and reimburse-
  ments.....................................       1.05%            1.28%(c)
 Net investment income (d)..................       4.86%            3.24%(c)
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(a) Commencement of operations.
(b) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
    at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
    dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
    redemption on the last day of the period.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Net of waivers and reimbursements.
 
 
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           GENERAL PORTFOLIO
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,                      SIX MONTHS      YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                          -------------------------------------------------      ENDED      ------------------------------
                           1995       1994    1993    1992    1991    1990   JUNE 30, 1989   1988    1987    1986    1985
                          ------     ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -------------  ------  ------  ------  ------
<S>                       <C>        <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>            <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
Net asset value,
 beginning of period....  $ 1.00     $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00
                          ------     ------  ------  ------  ------  ------     ------      ------  ------  ------  ------
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT
 OPERATIONS
 Net investment income..    .028       .018    .020    .034    .046    .055       .030        .047    .041    .044    .049
 Net realized and
  unrealized loss on
  investments...........   (.003)       -0-     -0-     -0-     -0-     -0-        -0-         -0-     -0-     -0-     -0-
                          ------     ------  ------  ------  ------  ------     ------      ------  ------  ------  ------
 Net increase in net
  asset value from
  operations............    .025       .018    .020    .034    .046    .055       .030        .047    .041    .044    .049
                          ------     ------  ------  ------  ------  ------     ------      ------  ------  ------  ------
ADD: CAPITAL
 CONTRIBUTIONS
 Capital Contributed by
  the Adviser...........    .003        -0-     -0-     -0-     -0-     -0-        -0-         -0-     -0-     -0-     -0-
                          ------     ------  ------  ------  ------  ------     ------      ------  ------  ------  ------
LESS: DISTRIBUTIONS
 Dividends from net
  investment income.....   (.028)     (.018)  (.020)  (.034)  (.046)  (.055)     (.030)      (.047)  (.041)  (.044)  (.049)
                          ------     ------  ------  ------  ------  ------     ------      ------  ------  ------  ------
 Net asset value, end of
  period................  $ 1.00     $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00     $ 1.00      $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00  $ 1.00
                          ======     ======  ======  ======  ======  ======     ======      ======  ======  ======  ======
TOTAL RETURNS
 Total investment return
  based on net asset
  value(a)..............    2.83%(c)   1.81%   2.05%   3.48%   4.71%   5.65%      6.13%(b)    4.81%   4.18%   4.50%   5.04%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
 Net assets, end of
  period (in millions)..  $1,189     $1,134  $1,016    $914    $883    $798       $695        $633    $690    $794    $374
 Ratio to average net
  assets of:
 Expense, net of waivers
  and reimbursements....     .94%       .92%    .92%    .92%    .89%    .83%       .84%(b)     .83%    .80%    .80%    .85%
 Expense, before waivers
  and reimbursements....     .95%       .94%    .94%    .95%    .95%    .93%       .94%(b)     .93%    .90%    .90%    .95%
 Net investment
  income(d).............    2.78%      1.80%   2.02%   3.40%   4.57%   5.50%      5.96%(b)    4.69%   4.08%   4.31%   4.87%
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(a) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made
    at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all
    dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and
    redemption on the last day of the period.
(b) Annualized.
(c) The capital contribution by the Adviser has no effect on total return.
(d) Net of expenses reimbursed or waived by the Adviser.
 
  From time to time each Fund advertises its "yield" and "effective yield."
Both yield figures are based on historical earnings and are not intended to
indicate future performance. To calculate the "yield," the amount of dividends
paid on a share during a specified seven-day period is assumed to be paid each
week over a 52-week period and is shown as a percentage of the investment. To
calculate "effective yield," which will be higher than the "yield" because of
compounding, the dividends paid are assumed to be reinvested. For ACR
dividends for the seven days ended June 30, 1995 amounted to an annualized
yield of 5.12%, equivalent to an effective yield of 5.25%. For ATR dividends
for the seven days ended June 30, 1995, after expense reimbursement, amounted
to an annualized yield of 4.97%, equivalent to an effective yield of 5.10%.
Absent such reimbursement, the annualized yield for such period would have
been 4.72%, equivalent to an effective yield of 4.85%. Dividends for AMT--
General for the seven days ended June 30, 1995 amounted to an annualized yield
of 3.25%, equivalent to an effective yield of 3.30%.
 
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                      INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
  The investment objectives of each of the Funds are--in the following order
of priority--safety of principal, excellent liquidity and, to the extent con-
sistent with the first two objectives, maximum current income (exempt from in-
come taxes to the extent described below in the case of AMT-General). As a
matter of fundamental policy, each Fund pursues its objectives by maintaining
a portfolio of high-quality money market securities all of which at the time
of investment have remaining maturities of one year (397 days with respect to
ATR) or less, which maturities may extend to 397 days. While the fundamental
policies described above and the "other fundamental investment policies" de-
scribed below may not be changed without shareholder approval, each Fund may,
upon notice to shareholders, but without such approval, change nonfundamental
investment policies or create additional classes of shares in order to estab-
lish portfolios which may have different investment objectives. There can be
no assurance that any Fund's objectives will be achieved.
 
  The Funds will comply with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the "1940 Act"), as amended from time to time, including the diversity,
quality and maturity limitations imposed by the Rule. The average maturity of
each Fund's portfolio cannot exceed 90 days. A more detailed description of
Rule 2a-7 is set forth in each Fund's Statement of Additional Information.
 
ALLIANCE CAPITAL RESERVES
 
  The money market securities in which Alliance Capital Reserves ("ACR") in-
vests include: (1) marketable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United
States Government, its agencies or instrumentalities (collectively, the "U.S.
Government"); (2) certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and interest
bearing savings deposits issued or guaranteed by banks or savings and loan as-
sociations having total assets of more than $1 billion and which are members
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and certificates of deposit and
bankers' acceptances denominated in U.S. dollars and issued by U.S. branches
of foreign banks having total assets of at least $1 billion that are believed
by the Adviser to be of quality equivalent to that of other such instruments
in which the Fund may invest; (3) commercial paper of prime quality [i.e.,
rated A-1+ or A-1 by Standard & Poor's Corporation ("Standard & Poor's") or
Prime-1 by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or, if not rated, is-
sued by companies having outstanding debt securities rated AAA or AA by Stan-
dard & Poor's, or Aaa or Aa by Moody's] and participation interests in loans
extended by banks to such companies; and (4) repurchase agreements that are
collateralized in full each day by liquid securities of the types listed
above. These agreements are entered into with "primary dealers" (as designated
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) in U.S. Government securities or
State Street Bank and Trust Company, ACR's Custodian, and would create a loss
to the Fund if, in the event of a dealer default, the proceeds from the sale
of the collateral were less than the repurchase price. ACR may also invest in
certificates of deposit issued by, and time deposits maintained at, foreign
branches of domestic banks described in (2) above and prime quality dollar-
denominated commercial paper issued by foreign companies meeting the criteria
specified in (3) above.
 
  ACR may purchase restricted securities that are determined by the Adviser to
be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees of ACR. Re-
stricted securities are securities subject to contractual or legal restric-
tions on resale, such as those arising from an issuer's reliance upon certain
exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities
Act"). The Fund may purchase restricted securities eligible for resale under
Rule 144A under the Securities Act and commercial paper issued in reliance
upon the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act
and, in each case, deter-
 
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mined by the Adviser to be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the
Trustees of the Fund.
 
  ACR may invest in asset-backed securities that meet its existing diversifi-
cation, quality and maturity criteria. Asset-backed securities are securities
issued by special purpose entities whose primary assets consist of a pool of
loans or accounts receivable. The securities may be in the form of a benefi-
cial interest in a special purpose trust, limited partnership interest, or
commercial paper or other debt securities issued by a special purpose corpora-
tion. Although the securities may have some form of credit or liquidity
enhancement, payments on the securities depend predominately upon collection
of the loans and receivables held by the issuer. It is ACR's current intention
to limit its investment in such securities to not more than 5% of its net as-
sets.
 
  Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To maintain portfolio diversification
and reduce investment risk, ACR may not: (1) invest more than 25% of its as-
sets in the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activi-
ties in any one industry although there is no such limitation with respect to
U.S. Government securities or certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances
and interest bearing savings deposits; (2) invest more than 5% of its assets
in securities of any one issuer (except the U.S. Government) although with re-
spect to one-quarter of its total assets it may invest without regard to such
limitation; (3) invest more than 5% of its assets in the securities of any is-
suer (except the U.S. Government) having less than three years of continuous
operation or purchase more than 10% of any class of the outstanding securities
of any issuer (except the U.S. Government); (4) borrow money except from banks
on a temporary basis or via entering into reverse repurchase agreements in ag-
gregate amounts not exceeding 15% of its assets and to facilitate the orderly
maturation and sale of portfolio securities during any periods of abnormally
heavy redemption requests; or (5) mortgage, pledge or hypothecate its assets
except to secure such borrowings.
 
  As a matter of operating policy, fundamental policy number (2) would give
ACR the ability to invest, with respect to 25% of its assets, more than 5% of
its assets in any one issuer only in the event Rule 2a-7 is amended in the fu-
ture.
 
ALLIANCE TREASURY RESERVES
 
  The securities in which Alliance Treasury Reserves ("ATR") invests are: (1)
issues of the U.S. Treasury, such as bills, certificates of indebtedness,
notes and bonds; and (2) repurchase agreements that are collateralized in full
each day by the types of securities listed above. These agreements are entered
into with "primary dealers" (as designated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York) in U.S. Government securities or State Street Bank and Trust Company,
ATR's Custodian. For each repurchase agreement, ATR requires continual
maintenance of the market value of the underlying collateral in amounts equal
to, or in excess of, the agreement amount. In the event of a dealer default,
ATR might suffer a loss to the extent that the proceeds from the sale of the
collateral were less than the repurchase price. ATR may commit up to 15% of
its net assets to the purchase of when-issued U.S. Treasury securities.
Delivery and payment for when-issued securities takes place after the
transaction date. The payment amount and the interest rate that will be
received on the securities are fixed on the transaction date. The value of
such securities may fluctuate prior to their settlement, thereby creating an
unrealized gain or loss to ATR.
 
  Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To maintain portfolio diversification
and reduce investment risk, ATR may not: (1) borrow money except from banks on
a temporary basis or via entering into reverse repurchase agreements in aggre-
gate amounts not exceeding 10% of its assets and to be used exclusively to fa-
cilitate the orderly maturation and sale of portfolio securities during any
periods of abnormally heavy redemption requests, if they should occur; such
borrowings may not be used to pur-
 
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chase investments and it will not purchase any investment while any such
borrowings exist; or (2) pledge, hypothecate or in any manner transfer, as se-
curity for indebtedness, its assets except to secure such borrowings.
 
ALLIANCE MUNICIPAL TRUST
 
  The investment objectives of AMT-General are safety of principal, liquidity
and, to the extent consistent with these objectives, maximum current income
that is exempt from income taxation to the extent described below. Except when
AMT-General assumes a temporary defensive position, as a matter of fundamental
policy, at least 80% of such Portfolio's total assets will be invested in
municipal securities (as opposed to the taxable investments described below).
Normally, substantially all of such Portfolio's income will be tax-exempt as
described below (e.g., for 1994, 100% of the income of such Portfolio was
exempt from Federal income taxes).
 
  AMT-General seeks maximum current income that is exempt from Federal income
taxes by investing principally in a diversified portfolio of high quality mu-
nicipal securities. Such income may be subject to state or local income taxes.
 
  AMT-General may invest without limitation in tax-exempt municipal securities
subject to the alternative minimum tax (the "AMT").
 
  Under current Federal income tax law, (1) interest on tax-exempt municipal
securities issued after August 7, 1986 which are "specified private activity
bonds," and the proportionate share of any exempt-interest dividends paid by a
regulated investment company which receives interest from such specified pri-
vate activity bonds, will be treated as an item of tax preference for purposes
of the AMT imposed on individuals and corporations, though for regular Federal
income tax purposes such interest will remain fully tax-exempt, and (2) inter-
est on all tax-exempt obligations will be included in "adjusted current earn-
ings" of corporations for AMT purposes. Such bonds have provided, and may con-
tinue to provide, somewhat higher yields than other comparable municipal secu-
rities. See below, "Daily Dividends, Other Distributions, Taxes."
 
  There can be no assurance that AMT-General will achieve its investment ob-
jectives.
 
  Municipal Securities. The municipal securities in which AMT-General invests
include municipal notes and short-term municipal bonds. Municipal notes are
generally used to provide for short-term capital needs and generally have ma-
turities of one year or less. Examples include tax anticipation and revenue
anticipation notes, which are generally issued in anticipation of various sea-
sonal revenues, bond anticipation notes, and tax-exempt commercial paper.
Short-term municipal bonds may include general obligation bonds, which are se-
cured by the issuer's pledge of its faith, credit and taxing power for payment
of principal and interest, and revenue bonds, which are generally paid from
the revenues of a particular facility or a specific excise or other source.
 
  AMT-General may invest in variable rate obligations whose interest rates are
adjusted either at predesignated periodic intervals or whenever there is a
change in the market rate to which the security's interest rate is tied. Such
adjustments minimize changes in the market value of the obligation and, ac-
cordingly, enhance the ability of AMT-General to maintain a stable net asset
value. Variable rate securities purchased may include participation interests
in industrial development bonds backed by letters of credit of Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation member banks having total assets of more than $1 bil-
lion. The letters of credit of any single bank in respect of all variable rate
obligations will not cover more than 10% of AMT-General's total assets.
 
  AMT-General's municipal securities at the time of purchase are rated within
the two highest quality ratings
 
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                       PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
of Moody's Investors Service, Inc. (Aaa and Aa, MIG 1 and MIG 2, or VMIG 1 and
VMIG 2) or Standard & Poor's Corporation (AAA and AA or SP-1 and SP-2), or
judged by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Securities must also meet
credit standards applied by the Adviser.
 
  AMT-General also may invest in stand-by commitments, which may involve cer-
tain expenses and risks, but such commitments are not expected to comprise
more than 5% of AMT-General's net assets. AMT-General may commit up to 15% of
its net assets to the purchase of when-issued securities. AMT-General's custo-
dian will maintain, in a separate account of AMT-General, liquid high-grade
debt securities having value equal to, or greater than, such when-issued secu-
rities. The price of when-issued securities, which is generally expressed in
yield terms, is fixed at the time the commitment to purchase is made, but de-
livery and payment for such securities takes place at a later time. Normally
the settlement date occurs from within ten days to one month after the pur-
chase of the issue. The value of when-issued securities may fluctuate prior to
their settlement, thereby creating an unrealized gain or loss to AMT-General.
 
  Taxable Investments. The taxable investments in which AMT-General may invest
include obligations of the U.S. Government and its agencies, high quality
certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances, prime commercial paper, and
repurchase agreements.
 
  Other Fundamental Investment Policies. To reduce investment risk, the AMT-
General may not invest more than 25% of its total assets in municipal
securities whose issuers are located in the same state, and may not invest
more than 25% of its total assets in municipal securities the interest upon
which is paid from revenues of similar-type projects; a AMT-General may not
invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of any one issuer
except the U.S. Government, although with respect to 25% of its total assets
AMT-General may invest up to 10% per issuer, and AMT-General may not purchase
more than 10% of any class of the voting securities of any one issuer except
those of the U.S. Government.
OPENING ACCOUNTS
 
  Instruct your Registered Representative to use ACR, ATR and AMT-General in
conjunction with your brokerage account.
 
SUBSEQUENT INVESTMENTS
 
 A. BY CHECK THROUGH CUNA BROKERAGE SERVICES, INC.
 
  Mail or deliver your check or negotiable draft payable to Pershing to your
Registered Representative who will deposit it into the Fund(s). Please indi-
cate your Pershing account number on the check.
 
 B. BY SWEEP
 
  All cash management products through CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc. have
available an Automated Sweep Service. With the automated sweep, each time
money accumulates in your CUNA Brokerage Services account--an automatic sweep
is triggered. All free credit balances are moved into your fund account on a
daily basis on the business day following posting to your brokerage account.
We will, however, hold back sufficient funds to pay for security purchases
which have not yet settled. Please contact your Registered Representative for
more information, including any fees, with respect to the Automated Sweep
Service.
 
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                            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
 C. BY CONTACTING YOUR REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE
 
  Available credit balances in your brokerage account from proceeds of your
securities sales or from any other source can be moved into your Fund account
by contacting your Registered Representative specifically each time that you
know there is a cash balance.
 
REDEMPTIONS
 
 A. BY CONTACTING YOUR REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE
 
  Instruct your Registered Representative to make a withdrawal from your Fund
account and to make payment to you with a CUNA Brokerage Services Check.
 
 B. BY CHECK-WRITING
 
  With this service, you may write checks made payable to any payee in any
amount of $100 or more. Checks cannot be written for more than the principal
balance (not including any accrued dividends) in your account. You must first
fill out the Signature Card which you can obtain from your Registered Repre-
sentative. There is no separate charge for the check-writing service. The
check-writing service enables you to receive the daily dividends declared on
the shares to be redeemed until the day that your check is presented for pay-
ment.
 
  SHARE PRICE. Shares are sold and redeemed on a continuous basis without
sales or redemption charges at their net asset value which is expected to be
constant at $1.00 per share, although this price is not guaranteed. The net
asset value of each Fund's shares is determined each business day at 12:00
Noon and 4:00 p.m. (New York time). The net asset value per share of a Fund is
calculated by taking the sum of the value of that Fund's investments (amor-
tized cost value is used for this purpose) and any cash or other assets, sub-
tracting liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares of outstand-
ing. All expenses, including the fees payable to the Adviser, are accrued dai-
ly.
 
  TIMING OF INVESTMENTS AND REDEMPTIONS. The Funds have two transaction times
each business day, 12:00 Noon and 4:00 p.m. (New York time). New investments
represented by Federal funds or bank wire monies received by State Street Bank
at any time during a day prior to 4:00 p.m. are entitled to the full dividend
to be paid to shareholders for that day. Shares do not earn dividends on the
day a redemption is effected regardless of whether the redemption order is re-
ceived before or after 12:00 Noon. However, if you wish to have Federal funds
wired the same day of your telephone redemption request, make sure that your
request will be received by the Fund prior to 12:00 Noon.
 
  During periods of drastic economic or market developments, such as the mar-
ket break of October 1987, it is possible that shareholders would have diffi-
culty in reaching Alliance Fund Services, Inc. by telephone (although no such
difficulty was apparent at any time in connection with the 1987 market break).
If a shareholder were to experience such difficulty, the shareholder should
issue written instructions to Alliance Fund Services, Inc. at the address
shown on page 11 of this prospectus. The Funds reserve the right to suspend or
terminate their telephone redemption service at any time without notice. Nei-
ther the Funds nor the Adviser, or Alliance Fund Services, Inc. will be re-
sponsible for the authenticity of telephone requests for redemptions that the
Funds reasonably believe to be genuine. The Funds will employ reasonable pro-
cedures in order to verify that telephone requests for redemptions are genu-
ine, including among others, recording such telephone instructions and causing
written confirmations of the resulting transactions to be sent to sharehold-
ers. If the Funds did not employ such procedures, they
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could be liable for losses arising from unauthorized or fraudulent telephone
instructions. Selected dealers or agents may charge a commission for handling
telephone requests for redemptions.
 
  Redemption proceeds are normally wired or mailed either the same or the next
business day, but in no event later than seven days, unless redemptions have
been suspended or postponed due to the determination of an "emergency" by the
Securities and Exchange Commission or to certain other unusual conditions.
 
  DAILY DIVIDENDS, OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS, TAXES. All net income of each Fund is
determined each business day at 4:00 p.m. (New York time) and is paid immedi-
ately thereafter pro rata to shareholders of that Fund of record via automatic
investment in additional full and fractional shares of that Fund in each
shareholder's account. As such additional shares are entitled to dividends on
following days, a compounding growth of income occurs.
 
  Net income consists of all accrued interest income on Fund assets less the
Fund's expenses applicable to that dividend period. Realized gains and losses
of a Fund are reflected in its net asset value and are not included in net in-
come.
 
  Distributions to you out of tax-exempt interest income earned by AMT-General
are not subject to Federal income tax (other than the AMT), but, in the case
of the General Portfolio, may be subject to state or local income taxes. Any
exempt-interest dividends derived from interest on municipal securities sub-
ject to the AMT will be a specific preference item for purposes of the Federal
individual and corporate AMT. Distributions out of taxable interest income,
other investment income, and short-term capital gains are taxable to you as
ordinary income and distributions of long-term capital gains, if any, are tax-
able as long-term capital gains irrespective of the length of time you may
have held your shares. Distributions of short and long-term capital gains, if
any, are normally made near year-end. Each year shortly after December 31, the
Funds will send you tax information stating the amount and type of all its
distributions for the year just ended.
 
  THE ADVISER. Each Fund retains Alliance Capital Management L. P., 1345 Ave-
nue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105 under separate Advisory Agreements to
provide investment advice and, in general, to supervise its management and in-
vestment program, subject to the general control of the Trustees of each Fund.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, ACR, ATR and AMT-General each paid
the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .46, .38 and .50 of 1%, re-
spectively, of the average daily value of the respective Portfolio's net as-
sets.
 
  Under a Distribution Services Agreement (the "Agreement"), each Fund pays
the Adviser at a maximum annual rate of .25 of 1% of the Fund's aggregate av-
erage daily net assets. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995, ACR and AMT-
General each paid the Adviser a distribution services fee at an annual rate of
 .25 and .24 of 1%, respectively, of the average daily value of the net assets
of each Portfolio. For the period June 30, 1995, the Adviser waived the dis-
tribution fee for ATR. Substantially all such monies (together with signifi-
cant amounts from the Adviser's own resources) are paid by the Adviser to bro-
ker-dealers and other financial intermediaries for their distribution assis-
tance and to banks and other depository institutions for administrative and
accounting services provided to the Funds, with any remaining amounts being
used to partially defray other expenses incurred by the Adviser in distribut-
ing the Funds' shares. The Funds believe that the administrative services pro-
vided by depository institutions are permissible activities under present
banking laws and regulations and will take appropriate actions (which should
not adversely affect the Funds or their shareholders) in the future to main-
tain such legal conformity should any changes in, or interpretations of, such
laws or regulations occur.
 
  The Adviser will reimburse each Fund to the extent that aggregate operating
expenses of that Fund (including
 
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the Adviser's fee and expenses incurred under the Agreement) exceed 1% of its
average daily net assets for any fiscal year.
 
  CUSTODIAN, TRANSFER AGENT AND DISTRIBUTOR. State Street Bank and Trust Com-
pany, P.O. Box 1912, Boston, MA 02105, is the Funds' Custodian. Alliance Fund
Services, Inc., P.O. Box 1520, Secaucus, NJ 07096-1520 and Alliance Fund Dis-
tributors, Inc., 1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10105, are the
Funds' Transfer Agent and Distributor, respectively.
 
  FUND ORGANIZATION. ATR and Alliance Government Reserves (not offered by this
prospectus) are series of Alliance Government Reserves which is a diversified
open-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund
was reorganized as a Massachusetts business trust in October 1984, having pre-
viously been a Maryland corporation since its formation in December 1978. ACR
and Alliance Money Reserves (not offered by this prospectus) are series of Al-
liance Capital Reserves, a diversified open-end management investment company
registered under the 1940 Act. The Fund was reorganized as a Massachusetts
business trust in October 1984, having previously been a Maryland corporation
since its formation in April 1978. AMT-General is a diversified series of Al-
liance Municipal Trust, which is also an open-end management investment com-
pany registered under the 1940 Act consisting of AMT-General and six other se-
ries not offered by this prospectus. The Fund was reorganized as a Massachu-
setts business trust in April 1985, having previously been a Maryland corpora-
tion since its formation in January 1983. Each Fund's activities are super-
vised by its Trustees. Normally, shares of each series of Alliance Municipal
Trust, Alliance Government Reserves and Alliance Capital Reserves are entitled
to one vote per share, and vote as a single series, on matters that affect
each series in substantially the same manner. Massachusetts law does not re-
quire annual meetings of shareholders and it is anticipated that shareholder
meetings will be held only when required by Federal law. Shareholders have
available certain procedures for the removal of Trustees.
 
  REPORTS. You receive semi-annual and annual reports for your Fund as well as
a monthly summary of your account. You can arrange for a copy of each of your
account statements to be sent to other parties.
 
  Since this prospectus sets forth information about all the Funds, it is the-
oretically possible that a Fund might be liable for any materially inaccurate
or incomplete disclosure in this prospectus concerning another Fund. Based on
the advice of counsel, however, the Funds believe that the potential liability
of each Fund with respect to the disclosure in this prospectus extends only to
the disclosure relating to that Fund.
 
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