Troops under command 
cv.*t Pandog f , Buluan River rhq a maad prcoared* 
of Captain Devore marched from Pandog to Butig Hill and captured some 6 
: vi o ended old Datio Peterboro; All's main force having left Butig Hill, 
Devore *• 0UIitl mucr -■ the loot taken by the Moros from Captain Harper’s 
command at S imp i tan and identified Lieutenant Woodruff’s compass, etc. 
Although Devore's men had beenfired upon by the Moros at Butig Fill, none 
v>?,s hurt, but the troops engaged were very tired on returning to the beets. 
Heavy tb unoar storm is coming up. Resumedour journey down the Buluan River 
at 4 P, -V., crossed Lake Liguasart and arrived aboard the Sabah lying in the 
Rio Grande at Cabaasalan Island at 3 A, M « Enjoyed a hath and comfortable 
cot with mosquito netting around me. Aboard the Sabah off Cabaxsalan Island 
until 2 P. M., 
May 28, 
after a very 
Miller, U. S. 
1904, when we moved down the Rio Grande to Reina Regents, 
good and enjoyhble luncheon aboard the Samar with Captain 
Kavy, Spent the greater part of the night at Piang’s place 
on the Rio Grande, 
May 29, 1904. 
At daybreak the Sabah , in descending the Rio Grande ran upon a sandbar, 
and there steamers were required to pull us off. Starting again at 12 M» 
we steamed down the Rio Grande, occasionally touching bottom, proceeding 
to Zamboanga, arriving May 31, 1904. 
