{"identifier":"/us/usc/t36/s230102","title":36,"num":"\u00a7\u202f230102.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f230102.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are\u2014\n(1) to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;\n(2) to assist worthy comrades;\n(3) to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans;\n(4) to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;\n(5) to foster true patriotism;\n(6) to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and\n(7) to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t36/s230102.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f230102."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to assist worthy comrades;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to foster true patriotism;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230102/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}