South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-17


In case OF great disaster. as bs-
/ fire, flood, or tempest. jim which
! Eagles are involved as sufferers the
Order is instant in its attention 20
/ their wants and i'm alienation os
/ their troubles. This was manifested
a number OF years ago when the tidal
I wave swept over Galveston. causing
ruin and loss OF life TO thousands
/ The Grand Worthy President dis
| patched his personal deputy 20 the
I place and the Eagles were the first
/ OF the sufferers 10 bc cared FOR.
| Then came the first Ohio flood
I sweeping homes into the river and
! bringing universal devastation The
san Francisco earthquake followed
soon after. IN both cases. the Eagle
/ beuefactors We're the first on hand
ministering 10 Eagle sufferers. as 4
matter OF course, but also aidins
nOn-Eagles Similar experience fol-
lowed the later floods in Ohio and
Indiana. and. still later the forest
fires in Minnesota In every case
/ representatives of the Grand Worthy
| President were found on hand with
funds To meet an immediate neces-
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fortunes OF the sufferers.
Sic, and Funeral Benefits.
In presenting membership 10 an
outsider, it is necessary TO set forth
inducements for his joining II -
still more essential that they shall
appeal 20 him as valid. now the most
valid features OF our order. the fea-
! lures that induce TO membership i'm
the majority OF cases. are the sick
and funeral benefits
These benefits. though they are
paid by the subordinate Aeries. are
under the supervision and authority
OF the Grand Aerie and are guaran-
teed. By Grand Aerie enactment.
the fund from which they are 20 be
paid. called the Benefit Fund. may
never fall below a minimum OF one
half OF the minimum annual dues
1t il the pride of the order THAI
during the widespread influenza cpl
demic OF 1918. when practically
every member OF the order was. az
one time or another. laid low. and
when some Aeries were actually deci-
mated by the fatalities. not single
Aerie defauIted or even discounted
any Of its sickness or death benefits.
The Eagle benefits include the SER
vices of a competent physician in all
cases Of injury or illness or any
member o. the Eagles family.
sick stipend for the member IN his
own illness OF 81 week FOR period
OF / , weeks in any one year. and a
funeral benefit. in case Of the death
Of the member. OF 500.
The free medical service may be
continued in any Eagles family after
his death.
In addition 10 these fixed benefits
formally paid by the Aerie there IS
much friendly assistance given in-
! formally by members TO brother
I who are in need
] If III and Away From Home.
Among the commeudatlons cited
/ by the Galilean Teacher for approval
and reward by the righteous Judge
/ Of all the earth was this; Il was
stranger and Sc took me ln sick and
/ We ministered unto me-" This might
have been said. On this day. Of the
/ Eagles For IL is "A fundamental
principle OF our order that any MEM
\ Der. IL he is ill and ln need. though
/ he be far from home. shall be taken
/ in and ministered unto by the Acre
nearest az hand This means that
/ if a member OF an Aerle in Maine or
/ in Florida, or elsewhere. is called by
/ business or pleasure 20 Southern
California. Alaska the Philippine
/ Islands or elsewhere. and is there
/ taken sick. on his membership be-
| ing known. he is promptly 10 Do
cared for the same as III he belonged
to the local Aerie And if his sick
ness ends i'm death. and no one
comes 30 claim the body. he viii hs
buried after the manner Of A Christ
ian by the local Aerie. For nc
Eagle is allowed TO sleep in Potters
Field.
The Patriotism Of The l.. .. l..
On the declaration OF war in 1917
Eagles entered the military service,
ready to offer their lives. II need bee,
for the defense or Country. The
Aeries at once responded by paying
the dues Of all such members. SO
that. without expense 10 themselves
they should DE kept in good standing
and their families Doe entitled 20 ali
the beneficial features Of the Order.
The Eagle families devoted them
selves 10 helpful work under the Red
Cross-making baudages and knit
ting socks and sweaters for the BOYS
in the trenches. Forty-seven thou
sand Eagles were in service.
The greatest single act OF patriot
ism. however, was the creation 90
the Patriotic Fund. which virtually
insured the lives OF every Eagle sol
der. sailor and marine. Within
month after the state OF war had
been declared by Congress the
Grand Trustees had elaborated ths
plan which the Grand Aerle OF 1912
enacted into law BY this plaH
every member OF the Order not .n
the military service was assessed 10
cents month for a period OF three
years 10 provide the Patriotic Fund.
out Of which 81 900 has been paid 20
the dependents OF every member
who lost his life I'm the service This
fund in the aggregate was Sl.500.0oo.
This assessment has been cheerfuiiy
paid The death roll now exceeds
1850 names. and more than ore mil'
lion and a quarter dollars has been
paid 10 the benehciaries OF the fund
Old Age Pension.
The interest OF the F'raterual
Order Of Eagles iu old age pensions,
arises from the fact that .t is largely
an industrial organization. The
great part OF the membership OF the
L. o. Z. Is recruited from workers
in the industrles-men whose Drawn
and brain are employed az stated
wage or salary. They devote the
prime OF their life 10 strenuous ser
vice. primarily for their immediate
EMPLOYERS. but potentially FOR the