The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-07-16
PATRIOTISM is
FEATURED BY
FANILEREDHERD
EElDENM WlR RELIEF WORK

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IN Feftnernhip with the Gov
eminent in The Vocational
Trnining Of Disabled Soldiers
Sailors and Marines.
This years national convention
~ the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order Of Elks in Atlantic City,
<sit1 A1mericnnifn'' a. ia slogan.
established q record a. the greatest
IN ne history q ,he order. and prob
ably s1fs 4 new 1itcndanc8 tgure tor
nalioaal ~ffaisrnnl eatherinss In this
counify.
ii fpiss Of war work activities in
4sfich nearly AZ the citizens OF the
country were engaged, and the IN
r~fottdf1t6d numtcr of deaths from
Ire endemic lhas swept the country
durfnx that time. the Elks had a net
lrcrease N membership during the
last year Of moro than 10000.
Various circumstances account for
the prcrpHfity Of the Order Of Eiks
daring the war. Il IL purely an
Amcritaa inafftution. Its member.
sh.r + limited 10 white citizens OF
emo Ualied States. and its subordin-
ate Lodges are 10 be found only on
United states soil.
Eika Originate flag Day.
Flag Day. which has become a ma
firrhi inatitntion through Act OF
ConTrsss. and which this year was
observed and celebrated in practical
" ever community In this country
wal originated by the Benevolent
and Protective Order OF Eiks. Even
now, with the day nationallzed al Il
a. perhaps thA most notable celcbra-
tio1G OF y are stifl held In Elks
bones Thus On June IA last. among
the most notable and important ut
terznccs given 10 the country in OBJ
serxanco q FLAG Day, was the speech
made BY D.. Nicholas Murray Butler,
president n Columbia University, in
tho Lodge Room OF New York Lodge
No !. the Mother Lodge" OF Elks.
Flag Day has hsen informally OBJ
served BY various subordinate Elks
lodges for many years. Its Official
designation and celebration by the
Order vss first proposed by Grand
Exalted Iill7r Henry A. Melvin. now
Of tho supreme court bench OF Cali
fornir. CT TIE grand lodge conven-
ton held in Philadelphia in 1907.
This recommendation was imms-
dlately adopted and the incoming
grand cralscd ruler. John X. Tener
Of Pennsylvania, appointed a COM
miitne on work and ritual TO prepare
= suitable rItualistic service for such
4 celebration. This COMMITTEES was
made up of James l. King. state ~
brhrian Of Knn5as. chairman. Charles
Lc4cher Lahan OF Chicago and VII.
liam ~. largest OF Harrisburg. Pa.
The ritual for Flag Day was pro-
pared ty Mr.. King and exemplined
by HIM At the g.and lodge session In
peiiss. Te=a1. in 1908.
Patriotism aud Charity Taught.
The ritual Of the Eiks teaches pa.
triotikm above everything else. I'm.
less IL Is charity. which Is perhaps
the foundation stone Of the Order.
At every meeting Of an Elks Lodge,
the altar Is draped with the Ameri.
can haE. ana newly initiated mem
hers are admonished 10 love, respect
and defend H. This rituaiistic teach
ing is not Of recent origin. but Ii ol
nearly fifty years standing.
The leaders OF the Elks are among
che leaders OK the country In com.
mercias. political and patriotic work.
.The5 have placed the Order in the
front rank among those institutions
that stand for genuine Amcricanism,
and especially those which stand. not
upon the order OF their doing. but
upon the cardinn: principle OF doinH
Immediately whatever is TO he done
either for the country or for the In
diyidual In distress.
General perzhinR an Elk.
There Is no red tapa In the Elkl
creed In other respects their creed
IN expansive enough 20 welcome all
good American citizens to member
ship, be they Jews, Gentiles, Caiho'
lies or Professionals. The one proud
boast Of the Elks everywhere Il that
they possess the genuine fraiernhl
episit. And their desire Is to infect
ether good Americans with II.
General J0hn J. PeTshing Is proud
Of his life membership in III PaHoI
Texas. Lodge No. 1877. A member Of
the military Affairs committee OF
congress-. who knew porshing when
he wal a student at West Point, bui
Who he'd not seen him for many
years, tells q story worth repeating
shout the general and the Eiks. Thi,
congressman made an oficiai visit "a
the haisia frant IN France two year.
$50 ana nna AZ the 4rFt fhinEs Gen.
aral pershlag naid 20 him was:
sJaek. are you an Eik71
u a needless 10 say that that con
nressman IL today ono OF the proud
81 and most enthusiastic members
Of the Order.
Leaders IN War Pellet Work
win this general Understandable
Of TIE principles and leadership o.
eho Elka, Il b easy 90 ~undsrtlans
Why the order took a leading part "a