Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-10
SIXTEEN JOIN POST
SO FAR IN drive
Leaders Are Anxious To Obtain
800 Members-Appeal To
EX-Service Men

hedieI coV ClldH oOU. Inc names or
those who have been added to the rolls
since the drive began are as follows: 4
JOE P. FOLEY,
EDWIN P. PHELPS,
RA1 y. NORMAN.
CLT II BAUGHMAN,
AL ( H. TURPIN,
yER HENDREN,
NFNISTON,
= Ct.AC-D SANDLIN,
JAKE BROWN,
CHARLES M. GREY,
w. P. TURNER,
J. II. JEFFERIES,
FRANK PRATHER,
CALVIN C. MARTIN,
F. P. CALDWELL,
The officers of Jesse Dy-1ss Post have
is-led the following cali to ex-serviceI
men:
Veterans of the World War; Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines
1t should behoove every world war
veteran to join the American Legion.
Why? F'irst-Because it is an honor
to belong to an organization of men
who were the saviors of the world and
CT he'd Kaiserism. All you haya to
d. s to think. Veterans go to thel
Daily Register office and ask Tor pa
pers dated in July, August, Septem
Der, October and November, 1918, and
there you will see for yourselves why|
you should join the America Legion.
Second-It is an organization thatI
will be monument to our comrades
who made the supreme sacrifice, and
will pcrpetuate their memory in our
souls. II
Th;rd-Every veteran should c9 T.
slider it great opportunity to belf
to an organization of men who foAs 6a
under Old Glory; for example, look at
the civil war and Spanish-Americanl
war veterans. Sons of them old and
feeble, who attend their graat re0nions
and bow {neir snow-whita heads in|
solemn prayer for those comrades who
ing for q noble cause. Why should
you hesitate to join an organization of
men who fought in the greatest wer
the world has ever known. Some ask
what the American Legion's purposes
are. The following are the Constitu-
tion and Bylaws in full SO that every
man NAV read and know:
TRIBUTION
ARTICLE 1.
Name
Section 1. This post is number IL
Of the American Legion of Kentucky;
and is further designated Jesse M.
Dykes Post
ARTICLE II
Objects.
Section l. For God and Country
we associate ourselves together foT)
the following purposes:
To uphold and defend the Constitl~
tion of the United States of Americas;
to maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate a one hundred per cent; 7
Americanism; to preserve the memi
ories and incidents of our asSociatio
! in the Great War; to inculcate sens
nlt:nity, State and Nation; to combs
the autocracy of both the classes AMI
the masses; to make right the mas
ter q might; to promote peace
and (, will on earth; to safe
guar / transmit to prosperity the
pricil of justice, freedom and demo-
Q consecrate and sanctify our
eo5.f lp by our devotion to mga
sl.tt he D mess.
.l2TICLE III
Nature
| Section l. While requiring that
every member of the organization per-
form his full duty as citizen accord-|
ing to his own conscience and under
standing, the organization shall bel
absolutely nom partisan and shall not|
" be used for the dissemination OF
), ton of the candidacy of allss perso1
1 ARTICLE w.
Eligibility For Membership
4 Section J. All persons shall bel
eligible to membership in this organ
ization who were IL the military or
naval service of the United States!
during the period between April 81
.191 and November II, 1918, bot3{
dates inclusive, and all person who
sc ed in the military or navai SER
J IS OF any of the governments as
lsessated with the United States dur
:. ing the World War; provided that
} they were citizens of the United
: States at the time of their enlist
|ment and who are again ciff
zens at the time or aF3
plication, except those perSeas wli4
separated from the services undo
terms amounting to dishonorable di<
4 charge, and except also those perso61
2 who refused to perform their milita
: duties on the ground of conscientid
s objection. Nom residents Of H
town or State otherwise eligible ui
4 he admitted to membership Oh 81
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