 He brought the colonial forces from Cotabato and Lanao and consolidated them all at Fort Pilar.The Governor-General of Mindanao Island, General Jaramillo, transferred his command to General Montero, ex-governor of Cebu, and left for Manila with General Rios in Dec. 1898.General Diego de los Rios brought his troops to Manila in January 1899, before the troops' departure to Spain.