Preamble to the Rules of the
Saint Andrew’s Society of the City of Savannah
TO CHERISH THE RECOLLECTIONS of our homes and the birthplace of ourselves and our forefathers, to promote good fellowship among Scotchmen and their descendants in this their adopted City and Country, to extend to unfortunate Scotchmen and their families assistance and counsel in cases of necessity, the St. Andrew’s Society of the City of Savannah, a Charitable and Social Institution composed of Scotchmen, the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons of Scotchmen and Scotch women, any direct lineal male descendant of the Scotch man and Scotch woman and the sons of members of the Society, is hereby formed and the following Rules for its Government are unanimously adopted.