That same year the new organization absorbed the Fraternal Order of Rangers and the Supreme Assembly of the Defenders.
[4] This order absorbed two further organizations, the Farmers Life Insurance Association, in 1931, and the United Danish Society of America in 1945.
This order admitted all men who believed in a Supreme Being, ages eighteen and older, but otherwise did not question candidates religious, political or national background.
This Order had 12,000 members in 53 lodges in the early 1920s, and was headquartered at the Liberty Building in Philadelphia.
"[11] Most benefits and activities were administered on the local level and included building and loan associations, employment bureau, contingency funds for members in distress, bands and degree teams.