To strengthen its defense 81st Infantry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Ruperto Kangleon was transferred from Bohol.

The command of 93rd Infantry fell to Major John Goldtrap, trainings and preparation was intensified in November and while the war progressed in December.

[1] 1Lieutenant Irvine C. Spotte, a reservist who is a former manager of Samar Mining Company became the force Chief Engineer.

In January 1942, General Sharp commander of Visayas-Mindanao Force ordered the transfer of the brigade to Mindanao.

[2] The Brigade was dissolved but not all soldiers surrendered to the Japanese but dispersed to the mountains and joined guerilla units established by Major Causing in Samar, Lieutenant Blas Miranda in Leyte, and later Colonel Ruperto Kangleon.