Preamble


Preamble

 

For God and Country, We associate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in all Wars; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and goodwill on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.

 

導言

 

吾人崇敬上帝,忠愛國家,乃為下述諸目的而團結一致﹕恪守及擁護美國憲法;維持法律與秩序,培植而支持純正之美國主義;保存戰爭之紀念與事蹟;灌輸個人對於國家社會之責任意識;對抗階級與群眾之專政;伸張公理,以制強權;促進世界上之和平與好感;保障正義自由與民主之原則;而傳至千百後世;並以互助精神而使同袍之誼臻於聖潔。