TEN COMMANDMENTS OF THE 40&8

1.    The Voyageur Militaire is the life blood of the Voiture and La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux. 

2.    My fellow Voyageurs and I are La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux, without our active support it ceases to exist.

3.    As a Voyageur Militaire, I am the representative of my Voiture Locale and Voiture Nationale, La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux.  Whatever I do or say reflects directly upon myself and my Fellow Voyageurs Militaire.

4.    As a Voyageur Militaire, I am responsible for what my Voiture Locale and Voiture Nationale stands.  It can be no more than what my fellow Voyageurs and I, together, make it.

5.    As a Voyageur Militaire, I should not criticize what my fellow Voyageurs do for the Forty & Eight unless I have a better suggestion and I am prepared to do it myself.

6.    As a Voyageur Militaire, I must remember that the fact that I bear the title of Forty & Eight Voyageur is not enough.  I must continue to be an active member to be a Forty & Eight Voyageur.

7.    As a Voyageur Militaire, I should treat my Fellow Voyageurs with the respect, honor and understanding that I would like to receive from them.

8.    It is not my right to be a Voyageur Militaire, it is an Honor.  I should respect that Honor by abiding by all Forty & Eight precepts.

9.    La Societe does me an Honor by calling on me.  I am not doing my Voiture a favor by serving.  It is both an obligation and privilege.

10.    Whatever differences my Fellow Voyageurs and I may have, we are all bound together by the bonds of our Loyalty to our Voiture, to La Societe and to all American Legionnaires.

TAKEN FROM L'ETOILE DU NORD -MAY 1923

Sent in from Roger Gowen

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