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
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AMERICANISM;

TO PRESERVE THE MEMORIES AND INCIDENTS
OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE GREAT 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 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.