*** 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 16--- It was not until the second draft that the importance of such preparation was recognized. Provost Marshal General Crowder at that time instructed all draft boards to urge all registrants for the draft to attach themselves to organizations that were giving instruction in all the drill regulations as the superiority of the men who had had none had been remarked by army officers everywhere. Nine members of the Seventh Company entered the military service of the United States prior to the company being licensed as the Eighty-sixth Company, and these added to the eight members of the Eighty-sixth Company makes a total of seventeen. The records of these men appear in the roster which follows. This record would not be complete without acknowledgment of the enthusiastic support given the commanding officer by the lieutenants and the non-commissioned officers. Their faithful attendance at every drill and on every occasion when the company was assembled, together with the remarkable interest displayed at all times in the patriotic work for which the company was organized was always appreciated. When it is considered that all of the officers and non-commissioned officers were men of family and had reached an age when they looked forward to a quiet evening at home as a rest from the cares of the day's occupation, it will be understood how completely their hearts were in the work. The same may be said of most of the privates, who by their example encouraged the younger man to give the time and effort necessary to prepare them in no slight degree for service. *** end ***