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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 Const.i.tution is to be in force until the November Convention, when it will be ratified or amended by that Convention.

RESOLUTIONS Pa.s.sED BY THE ST. LOUIS CAUCUS, AMERICAN LEGION

May 10, 1919.

_1. Endors.e.m.e.nt 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, and who were tried by General Court Martial, sentenced to prison, and later fully pardoned, restored to duty, and honorably discharged, with all back pay and allowances given them; and as condemning further the I.W.W.'s, International Socialists, and Anarchists in their efforts to secure the release of these men already pardoned, and those still in prison, serving sentence, and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this caucus demand full and complete investigation by Congress, of the trial and conviction of these parties, and their subsequent pardon.

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