The Story of The American Legion Part 18

NORTH CAROLINA: Chairman: C.K. Burgess, 107 Commercial Bank Bldg., Raleigh.

Secretary: Charles N. Hulvey, A.&E. College, Raleigh.

NORTH DAKOTA: Chairman: R.H. Treacy, Bismarck.

Secretary: Ed. E. Gearey, Fargo.

OHIO: Chairman: P.C. Galbraith, Cincinnati.

Secretary: Chalmers R. Wilson, Adj. Gen. Office, State House, Columbus.

OKLAHOMA: Chairman: Ross N. Lillard, Oklahoma City.

Secretary: F.W. Fisher, Oklahoma City.

OREGON: Chairman: E.J. Eivers, 444-1/2 Larrabee St., Portland.

Secretary: Dow V. Walker, Care Multnomah Club, Portland.

PENNSYLVANIA: Chairman and Secretary: George F. Tyler, 121 S. 5th St., Philadelphia.

RHODE ISLAND: Chairman: Alexander H. Johnson, City Hall, Providence.

Secretary: James E. c.u.mmiskey, Crompton.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Chairman: John D. Smyser, M.D., 423 South Gargan St., Florence.

Secretary: Ben. D. Fulton, 32 West Evans St., Florence.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Chairman: T.R. Johnson, Sioux Falls.

Secretary: J.C. Denison, Vermillion.

TENNESSEE: Chairman: Roan Waring, Bank of Commerce and Trust Co. Bldg., Memphis.

Secretary: W.R. Craig, Nat. Life and Accident Co., Nashville, Tenn.

TEXAS: Chairman: Claude B. Birkhead, San Antonio.

Secretary: J.A. Belzer, Austin.

UTAH: Chairman: Harold R. Smoot, Salt Lake City.

Secretary: Baldwin Robertson, 409 Ten Boston Bldg., Salt Lake City.

VIRGINIA: Chairman: Andrew D. Christian, c/o Ruy & Power Bldg., Richmond.

Secretary: R.G.M. Ross, 508 1st Nat'l. Bank Bldg. Newport News.

VERMONT: Chairman: H. Nelson Jackson, Burlington.

Secretary: Joseph H. Fountain, 138 Colchester Ave., Burlington.

WASHINGTON.

Chairman: Harvey A. Moss, Seattle.

Secretary: George R. Drever, c/o Adj. Gen. Office, Armory, Seattle.

WEST VIRGINIA: Chairman: Jackson Arnold, 111 Court Ave., Weston.

Secretary: Chas. McCamic, 904 Nat'l. Bank of West Virginia Bldg., Wheeling.

WISCONSIN: Chairman: E.F. Ackley, 226 First Nat'l. Bk. Bldg., Milwaukee.

Secretary: R.N. Gibson, Grand Rapids.

WYOMING: Chairman: A.H. Beach, Lusk.

Secretary: R.H. Nichols, Casper.

CONSt.i.tUTION OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AS ADOPTED BY THE ST. LOUIS CAUCUS

May 10, 1919

PREAMBLE

For G.o.d and Country we a.s.sociate ourselves together for the following purposes:

To uphold and defend the Const.i.tution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent. Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our a.s.sociation in the Great War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the cla.s.ses and the ma.s.ses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will 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.

ARTICLE I

_Name_

The name of this organization shall be THE AMERICAN LEGION.

ARTICLE II

_Membership_

All persons shall be eligible to membership in this organization who were in the military or naval service of the United States during the period between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, both dates inclusive, and all persons who served in the military or naval services of any of the governments a.s.sociated with the United States during the World War, provided that they were citizens of the United States at the time of their enlistment, and are again citizens at the time of application, except those persons who separated from the service under terms amounting to dishonorable discharge and except also those persons who refused to perform their military duties on the ground of conscientious or political obligation.