Section 22502 · Purposes

Amended 1 time on record

Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Solicitation by American War Mothers (1949)

Most recently applied (May 1949)

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1) to keep alive and develop the spirit that promoted world service;

(2) to maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work;

(3) to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation;

(4) to work for the welfare of the Army and Navy;

(5) to assist, in any way in their power, men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in World War I; and

(6) to foster and promote friendship and understanding between America and the Allies in World War I.

Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel

SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22502 36:93. Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 303, §3, 43 Stat. 967. In clauses (5) and (6), the words “World War I” are substituted for “the World War” for clarity.