TO PERPETUATE THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE GOVERNMENT, INSTILL A HIGHER LOVE FOR THE FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY, INSPIRE A GREATER LOVE FOR OUR COUNTRY, CULTIVATE THE SPIRIT OF FRATERNAL AND BROTHERLY LOVE, CARE FOR THE SICK, AND PROVIDE FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF OUR DECEASED MEMBERS WHILE INVOKING GUIDANCE FROM THE GREAT SPIRIT.