Eligibility for Membership (as
stated in the National Bylaws)
Civil Services
1. Signer of the Oath of Allegiance or the Loyalty Test.
2. All state, county, and town officials and also jurors.
3. Members of the Continental or Federal Congress or a member
of a State Assembly or Legislature of one of the first eighteen
states.
4. Delegates to the convention that framed the Constitution of
the United States.
5. Members of a State Convention which ratified the constitution
of the United States.
6. Electors of one of the first four Presidents of the United
States.
7. Legislative, Executive or Judicial officers of the United
States government, including such appointive officers as Treaty
Commissioners, Territorial Officers, etc.
Military or Naval Services
8. Wyoming Valley War, Pennsylvania 1784-1787. (A local disturbance
between settlers from Pennsylvania and Connecticut in said valley.)
9. Shay's Rebellion, Massachusetts, December 1785 to January
1787. (Local, grew out of burdensome taxation. Confined to and
suppressed by militia of the State of Massachusetts.)
10. Whiskey Insurrection, Pennsylvania, August to November 1794.
(Local, arose in consequence of certain taxes on domestic spirits.
Was suppressed by the authority of the United States.)
11. Wars with Indians, 1784-1815.
12. War with France(undeclared), July 9, 1798 to September 30,
1800. (Naval, Carried on by the United States through its Navy
and privateers.)
13. Sabine Expedition, Louisiana 1806.
14. Chesapeake War, Naval, July 9, 1807 to August 5, 1807. (Disturbance
growing out of attack of the British Frigate Leopord on the American
Frigate Chesapeake, as the result of the British claim to the
right of search. The attack occurred at sea off Hampton Roads,
Virginia. The militia was called out by the authority of the
President.)
15. Embargo Dispute, Lake Champlain, 1808.
16. Commodore Patterson's Expedition against Lafitte's Pirates,
1814. (Local, but conducted by the authority of the United States.)
17. War with the Barbary Powers; Naval, March 3, 1815 to August
15, 1815. (Conducted by the authority of the United States, through
its Navy on the northern coast of Africa.)
18. War of 1812, with Great Britain, June 18, 1812 to February
17, 1815. (General, covering nearly the entire territory of the
United States, especially the seaboard.)
19. Creek Indian War, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee,
July 27, 1813, to August 9, 1814. (Local, but conducted by the
authority of the United States.)
20. Lafitte's aides to General Andrew Jackson, Battle of New
Orleans.
21. Naval Engagement, 1811. (A Naval engagement between the British
sloop of war, Little Belt and the American ship, President, on
the Atlantic, off the southern coast of the United States, resulting
from the British claim of right of search.)
22. Service in the Army or Navy, as an officer or private or
giving material aid to the military forces, 1784-1815.
23. Lewis and Clark Expedition, members 1804-6. (Military exploring
expedition to find land route to the Pacific Ocean.)
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