55th Company, 11 Regiment.
Jinotega, Nicaragua.
24 February, 1928.
Patrol
Report.
Patrol No. 8, 30 enlisted marines 55th
Company, 3 enlisted marines 14th
Company, Lieutenant Sheibler commanding
left Jinotega and patroled 11 miles to
north as far as Sisle, total distance
covered 22 miles.
No evidence of the presence of outlaws
noticed. Information received from
natives along route and in Sisle
indicated that a band of about seventy
men under Ferrera [Miguel Angel Ortez]
had passed northeast from Yucapuca thru
Sisle and San Antonio and that that
morning they were about five (5) miles
north east of San Antonio.
Weather clear; roads good; natives
friendly and seemed to be going about
their regular work.
/s/ P.A. SHEIBLER
2nd Lieut. U.S.M.C.
127/220/5
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