icer.
One State Historian.
One State Master-at-Arms.
One State Chaplain.
ARTICLE VI
_The Local Unit_
The local unit shall be termed the Post, which shall have a minimum
membership of fifteen. No Post shall be received into this
organization until it shall have received a charter. A Post desiring a
charter shall apply to the State Organization and the charter shall be
issued by the National Executive Committee whenever recommended by the
State Organization. The National Executive Committee shall not issue a
charter in the name of any living person.
The officers of the local organization shall be as follows:
One Post Commander.
One Post Vice Commander.
One Post Adjutant.
One Post Finance Officer.
One Post Historian.
One Post Chaplain.
and such appointive officers as may be provided by the State
Organization.
ARTICLE VII
_Dues_
Each state organization shall pay to the National Executive Committee
or such officer as said committee may designate therefor, the sum of
twenty-five cents annually, for each individual member in that
particular state, District of Columbia, territory, or territorial
possession.
ARTICLE VIII
_Quorum_
A quorum shall exist at a national convention when there are present
twenty-five or more states and territories partially or wholly
represented as herein-before provided.
ARTICLE IX
_Rules_
The rules of procedure at the national convention shall be those set
forth in Roberts' Rules of Order.
ARTICLE X
_Amendment_
This Constitution is to be in force until the November Convention,
when it will be ratified or amended by that Convention.
RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY
THE ST. LOUIS CAUCUS, AMERICAN LEGION
May 10, 1919.
_1. Endorsement of the Victory Liberty Loan._
WHEREAS, the Government of the United States has appealed to the
country for financial support in order to provide the funds for
expenditures made necessary in the prosecution of the war and to
reestablish the country upon a Peace basis; therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That this caucus emphatically endorses the Victory Liberty
Loan and urges all Americans to promote the success of the Loan in
every manner possible.
_2. Conscientious Objectors._
RESOLVED: That this caucus go on record as condemning the action of
those responsible for protecting the men who refused full military
service to the United States, in accordance with the Act of Congress
of May 18, 1917,
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