*** Source: Record of Eighty-sixth Company California Military Reserve; San Francisco?: unknown, 1920?, 37 pgs. Notice: This data is donated to the Public Domain by TAG, 2004, and may be copied freely by anyone to anywhere. *** ---page 1--- RECORD OF EIGHTY-SIXTH COMPANY CALIFORNIA MILITARY RESERVE. The biography of a man commences with an account of his ancestry. It seems fitting, therefore, that the record of this Company should be preceded by a brief account of the two organizations out of which it was evolved. THE OLD GUARD. Shortly after the United States declared war against Germany, a number of former National Guardsmen issued a call to all men who had formerly served in the army or navy of the United States, or in the National Guard of this, or other states, to meet for the purpose of forming an organization whose services should be tendered to the federal, state and municipal governments. At the first meeting a temporary organization was effected and a resolution was adopted tendering the services of the organization and of its members to the President of the United States, the Governor of the State of California, and the Mayor of the City of San Francisco for such employment as the several executives might designate. At a subsequent meeting a permanent organization was effected under the name of The Old Guard, to whose membership were eligible all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the United States and of the National Guard of the several states. Albert E. Castle, formerly a Colonel in the National Guard of California, was elected President, and H. L. Batchelder, formerly a Captain in the National Guard of California was elected Secretary. *** end ***