“My country!”
“What country?”
“I, S, A, Y.” (Repeating each letter slowly.)
“N, O, T, H, I, N, G.” (Repeating each letter slowly.)
“The word?”
“Retribution!”
These countersigns are issued every three months. The one here given was in vogue at the time of the discovery of the order.
A member of any order of the Ku Klux Klan of the first or probationary degree, in distress, and requiring speedy aid, will use a word signal, or cry of distress: “Shiloh!”
In expeditions conducted under direction of the Commander, or any of the brethren detailed by him to act as head, a code of signals by sounds, made with whistles, is used, in order that the members may not be recognized by their voices.
DIVISIONS OF THE ORDER.