Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1919-05-30
CALL FOR UTAH
STATE CAUCUS Of
AMERICAN LEGION
Meeting OF Members Of National Sol.
diers' Organization to be Held In
salt Lake on June q and 5.

On March Is Of this year, a caucus
of nearly 1000 officers and men who
represented all the combat divisions
| and all sections of the s. o. s., was
convened in Paris under the direction
| of the temporary committee of tlfe
| American Legion which had been
formed in France.
| On May s, o, and 10 caucus of
more than 1900 officers and men, rep
resenting each state I'm the United
States. was convened I'm st. Louis, and
there performed the same functions as
the Paris caucus for the men who were
retained In, and had returned to-
America.
AS result of this caucus i'm st.
Louis plan of organization was
adopted which provides for the estnb
lishment of state organizations, and
retains in office the temporary state
officers and executive committee. BY
virtue of the authority thus invested
this call is issued.
All persons who were I'm the mill
tary or naval service of the United
States during the period between
April 6, 1917, and November II, 1918,
both dates inclusive, and all persons
who served in the military or naval
service of any of the governments as.
ISOLATED with the United States dur
ing the world war, provided that they
were citizens at the time of their en-
listment, except those persons sepa-
| ,.af nH 10 Snrtia. nn1pr forms
amounting to dishonorable discharge,
and except also those persons who re.
fused to perform their military duties
on the ground of conscientious or po-
litical objection, are urged to attend
the state caucus to be held In Salt
Lake City, June and 3, In the Tab.
ernacle. beginning at > 80 on the af-
ternoon of the 4th. 1t is suggested
by the executive committee, In order
to provide for representation for every
county i'm the state, that voting be by
counties and that each county shall
have three votes for every one hundred
men who entered the service from that
county. Every man eligible for mem
bership in the American Legion shall
have Il voice in the caucus.
The duties of the caucus will be to
hear the action taken by the st. Louis
caucus and determine our course there
under; to appoint temporary state Of
ficers and an executive committee, to
act until the state convention of the
American Legion. which will be held
in October, and which said committee
shall have authority to Incorporate
the American Legion In the state OF
Utah and issue charters to posts hav.
ing fifteen or more applicants; to pro
vide for convention to be held In Oc-
tOber, whereby all officers and enlisted
men eligible to membership In the Le-
gion will participate in the election Of
representatives To a National Conven-
ton to be convened on November IL at
Minneapolis; to hear and determine
matters presented by the Utah Soldier
Settlement commission; to pass upon
other important questions effecting
Americanism; and to perform such
other duties as may properly come be.
fore II.
by order of the Executive Commit
tee for Utah.
The constitution of the American
Legion was adopted at the caucus held
ut st. Louis. The preamble declares
that: For God and country we assO-
ciate ourselves together for the follow
ing purposes:
To uphold and defend the constitu-
ton of the United States of America
to maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate one hundred per cent
Americanlsm to preserve the memo
ries and incidents of our association
In the great var. to inculcatc sense
of individual obligation to the com
munity. state ana nation; 10 combat
the autocracy of both the classes and
the masses ~ make right the master
of might; to promote peace and good
will or earth to safeguard and trans
nit TO posterity the principles of jus
tiCe, freedom and democracy; to con
secrate and sanctify our comradeShip
by our devotion to mutual helpfulness
While requiring that every member
of the organization perform his full
duty as Il citizen according To his own
conscience and understanding, the or,
ganization shall be absolutely non
partisan and shall not be used for the
dissemination of partisan principles OF
for the promotion of the candidacy of
any person seeking public office or
preferment.
The state organization shall consist
Of that organization in each state, ter
ritory or the District of Columbia
whose delegates have been seated In
the st. Louis caucus.