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T R A N
S C R I P
T I O N
LOS ROBLES, NICARAGUA.
22 March 1928.
PATROL REPORT NO. 7.
The undersigned, with Captain Hunter,
Lieutenant Piper and twenty-seven men of
the Forty-Seventh Company, left Las
Robles at 8:00 a.m., 20 March for
Cuchillas for patrol and to secure
topographic data. Route: PASA
REAL-TOMAYUNCE-CUCHILLAS [Paso Real -
Tumayunca - Las Cuchillas]. The patrol
camped for the nights of 20-21 March on
the North bank of the TUMA river, north
of ESPERANZA. On the morning of the 21st
a small detail was left at camp and the
patrol continued on foot to the
northeast, to the top of CUCHILLA
MOUNTAIN RANGE. From local information
LA VIRGEN was about four miles beyond.
Near the main trail leading to GUALE the
country is rather thickly settled.
Beyond, two miles east of GUALE trail
the country becomes rough and is very
sparsely settled. There are about six
small coffee plantations in the area
covered, all owned by Nicaraguans. A
road passable with difficulty by
bullcarts is maintained to a point about
six miles east of the GUALE trail.
Beyond that point the trails are all
very bad. The CAMINO REAL running north
from the TUMA section to LA VIRGEN is
wide but passable with the greatest
difficulty to pack animals, because of
mud and fallen trees. The patrol covered
about five miles along this trail, and
over this entire route the trail was
very boggy with mud, a foot or more
deep. The trails are so rough and
slippery that travel at night is
practically impossible, and very slow
and difficult during the day
One ANDREAS CIRAUS, owner of the finca
LA VENCIDORO [La Vencedora], talked very
freely, give considerable detail of the
passage of Sandino forces in February.
According to him no bandit forces have
operated in, or passed through the area
near his place recently. The inhabitants
interviewed were reticent and no
indications of bandit activities could
be discovered. Other trails from the
TUMA section to LA VIRGEN and trails
from TUMA to PENA BLANCA pass to the
east of the area covered by the patrol.
Recent bandit bands which operated
recently in Tuma apparently moved quite
far to the east.
/ s / K. E. ROCKEY.
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DISTRIBUTION: C.O.5TH MATAGALPA
C.O.5th MANAGUA.
C.O.11th OCOTAL
F I L E.
127/43A/20
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