Did they run away?

I was toward the end of "Horseback" when I realized I needed more recruits to finish of the last battle. I had 75 and needed 115 total. So went to my home island, made 100 recruits, loaded up the general, then back to the adventure.

I waited the 30 minutes and when the general showed up, I immediately unloaded the 100 recruits by moving the slider to 0. I was going to transfer them to the general who was already in position. Well... I unloaded the recruits, then opened up the general who was already in position and the recruits slider said, "75/75." I checked the general who just arrived and it now said "0/0"

An hour later, my recruit total count is 3.

Did the 100 recruits get scared and run away? Can we somehow hunt them down and get the resources back—or bring them back and maybe try them for treason? Hmmm...

I just had this happen to me in the Witches Tower I had 130 Calvelry and 31 Militia so I unloaded 80 C and 11 M to finish the battle and forgot to assign them to another general then when both generals returned home I show that I have 80 C and 11 M assigned but when I check my generals they are all empty. So I have left those men on that Evil Witches Island and I cannot get them back. They are starving!!

Troops that are not assigned to generals when they leave adventure islands take 90 minutes (an hour and a half) to return to your island..
Its a long swim! :P