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.