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 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 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.
