The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-25
ScHOOLED IN SUFFERING SERBS NOW EXPERIENCE
 WORST TIME IN HISTORY
Hundreds of Thousands Homeless Because of Absolute Destruction of Homesteads By Ravages of Con- flict

las are all the delfberations of the chiefs of t1Ie army. There is a great magazine and arms factory here, in fact, the only one in the Balkans, and and day to keep the army fully equipped.
 Soldiers are constantly marching and counter-marching in the streets. In their idle moments they sit in the cafes, drinking Turkish coffee or the the future plans of the army or the scenes Of the last battle.
 General Misitch, commander of the first army, who has been raised to the rank of Field Marshal, is the hero of the day. He Is a fine. soldierly fi- gure. Described as man of few words, hut with wonderful military Knowledge, General Misitch is veter- and of all the wars that Serbia. has fought for the last fifty years. He was second in command Of the staff during the two Balkan wars. He know every inch of ground over which his troops have to fight and he has been often under fire on his trips from point to point in his automobile or on horseback
 Field Marshal I,utnik, commander in-ehief, whom it will be remembered vas arrested in A11stria while on his way home from that country at the outbreak of the war, is in poor health. due to rude treatment he received from the Austraans at the time of his detenE1on some say, but 1t seems more probable that his advanced age and tho fatigues of the last two campaigns have told upon him
 The Associated Press Correspondent d1ned at the Invitation Of a colonel at the officerss mess at the military club, formerly the Turkish palace. He found them keen for news Of what was talk ing place in the other European fronts Of which they knew little.
 Fresh from their own successful staategy and determined offensive in driving the AssstriaIas back, they could not understand the conaparafive slow ness of the movements on the west Eslrepean front. Russia. they know. has many of their own difficulties of insui iisctent transporeafion for the forces but they cannot understand why England and France with every mode of transport at their conven- fence. with an ahundance of supplies and equipment of every kind, should not havB made greater headWay against the Germans
 We hope some day. an officer said mat the allies will have so far ad- yancad that we can join forces with them, but at present we are keeping to our defensive withou regard to flhsslr plans. All OUT time will be spent In reforming our army which is nat uralfy somewhat shattered by the great trial through which # has pasBed. Now that we have plenty of aLnnunition and better equipment it will not again be so easy for the enemy e advance into the heart of our coun- tE.ys's
 Do you think Belgrade is now safe ?s the correspondent asked
 Yes. unless the Austrfans send oyeF7yh heining forces against it. Tn war numbers must always tell up to certain poi1e, but the Ausfrians will not TVdn without severe losses to tflern-4 selves as well as to us our courage and purpose are in no way Iessened, as you may we'll imagine by the fact that Fe have twice been victorious over the enemy He began the war, but 1t is not in his power or ours to end 1t. we snail stand by our Russian and French allies to the very end. And. indeed. since Serbia has Macedonia as a. re- zion to fall back upon, it seems very improbable that she will eyer be con quered again as she was once by the Turks. g