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 ASSOCIATION 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 MUTAL HELPFULNESS.