PREAMBLE

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY, WE ASSOCIATE OURSELVES TOGETHER FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

•To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America;

•To maintain law and order;

•To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism;

•To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all wars;

•To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation;

•To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses;

•To make right the master of might;

•To promote peace and goodwill on earth;

•To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy;

•To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.