The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, and educational and are: (1) to preserve and strenghten comradeship among its members; (2) to assist worth comrades; (3) to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans; (4) to maintain true allegiance to the government of the united states, and fidelity to is constitution and laws; (5) to foster true patriotism; (6) to maintain and extend the institutions of american freedom; and (7) ro preserve and defend the united states from all enemies.