The Sauk Centre herald., 1919-09-04
LOCAL AMERICAN
LEGION ORGANIZED
SAUK CENTRE POST STARTS
OUT WITH FORTY-THREE
MEMBERS.
CHARTER WILL CLOSE NOV. II
STRONG RESOLUTION PASSED
INDORSING BOND ISSUE FOR
NEW ARMORY.

Sauk Centre Post No. 81 of the
American Legion, became a reality
last Saturday evening when a per-
manent organization was effected ;,r
a meeting held in the Junior High
School Auditorium
Forty three young men who were
in the different branches of Uncle
Sans military service during the
World War have signed the roll. The
charter will be kept open until Nov.
IL, the anniversary of the signing OF
the Armistice.. From the number of
men in service tributary to Sauk
Centre postoffice the local Post
should be one of the largest in the
entire state.
Intensified American1sm will be the
keynote of the national organization,
as well as the protection of interests
of the men who saw service in the
World War, whether overseas or in
the states.
Charles E. Lucas called Saturdays
meeting to order and gave a short
resume of the objects of the Ameri-
can Legions, as follows:
1T is the organization OF American
veterans OF Inc orlu war. IL Is
non-partisan and non-pOlitlcal. 1t Is
GlyllIan orgamzaIiolr-noJ millIary
or mliltarlStlc. Nearly all It's mem
bers are men who were civilians be-
fore the war and are civilians now.
it MAKES no distinction OF rank and
no distinction between overseasmen
and those who did not get overseas.
lhe idea OF forming the American
Legion, although undoubtedly COM
mon to thousands of men in service
here and in the A. E. F., grst result
here in the A. E. F., first result
ed in definite action by group of
men in the A. E. F., who took it
upon themselves to call and arrange
for caucus to be held in Paris last
March. This call met with such
unanimous response that about one
thousand officers and men gathered
together from all parts of the A. D..
F. and by the adoption of creed
and of a general form of constitu-
tion, put this organization on its
feet. The Paris caucus by thus con-
fining itself to the general outlines
of the structure, left the way clear
for the next step in organization to
be taken by it's comrades in service
at home. A national caucus was call
ed together and held in St. Louis on
Nav 9Th this year, at which over one
thousand delegates were present rep
resenting every state in the union
and the majority of its territories. AT
the st. Louis meeting the actions OF
the Paris meeting were confirmed and
constitution n conformity
with the Paris declaration Of prin-
ciples was adopted. The preamble
of this constitution states what the
Legion and this constitution stands
for.
"For God and country we as
sociate ourselves together for
the following purpose: To up
hold and defend the Constitution
of the United States of America;
to maintain law and order; to
foster and perpetuate 100 per
per cent Ameficanism; to pre-
serve the memories and Incidents
of our association in4 the great
war; to inculcate sense OF m
diyidual obligations to the COM
munity, state and nation; TO
make right the master OF might;
to promote peace and good will
ON earth; to safeguard and trans
nit to posterity the principles OF
Justice, freedom and democracy;
to consecrate and sanctify our
comradeship byhour devotion TO
mutual helpfulness.
The organization was perfected Dy
electing the following officers:
Post Commander H. Child.
Senior Vice COM. H. Hanson.
Junior Vice Com.-Loufs Larson.
Adjutant-C. E. Lucas.
Financial Officer Arthur Weisner.
Delegates to State Meeting at St.
Paul-Hugh E. Wallace, Marion Ly-
man.
Committee to perfect local consti-
tuition and by-lawsJ. II. Hanson, Ed
Steege and C. E. Lucas.
Resolution COMMITTEES A. z.
Moynihan, Geo. Berggren, Hugh =.
Wallace.
The former service men went on
record as enthusiastically favoring
the erection Of the armory and the