FOREIGN WARS, MILITARY

ORDER OF, a patriotic society composed of descendants of officers who served in the Revolutionary War; the war with Tripoli; the War of 1812; and the Mexican War, 1847, and of officers who took part in the Spanish-American war of 1898; the China Relief Expedition of 1900 to help suppre the Boxer Rebellion; the Nicaragua campaign; the military operations in Mexico in 1916; and in American participation in the World War. The Order was founded in New York City in 1894. Its aim is to perpetuate the names and deeds of American heroes of war and the victories they helped to achieve, unite its members by ties of fellowship, develop military and naval science, and uphold the nation’s honor, union and independence. It has a membership exceeding 6,000, distributed among national and state commanderies.