The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-23
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secrecy as are oll the deliberations
Of the chiefs NJ the army There * A
great magazine and arms factory here
IN fact, the only one In the Balkans.
and thousands Of men are working
night and dag 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
mild beer " the country and discuss
the future plans of the army or the
scenes Of the last battle.
Mishitch Il Hero.
General Mishitch, commander of the
first army who hus been raised 10 the
rank Of field marshal. is the hero u
the day. He Is n fine soldlerly fix
ure Described rs man Of few
words, but with . wonderful military
knowledge, General Mishitch Is vet
eran Of all the wars that Serbia has
fought for the laa fifty years. He
was second In command OF the staff
during the two Balkan wars. He
knows every inch Of ground over
which his troops have TO fight aud he
has been often under fire ON his trips
from point to point IN his automobile
or on horseback.
Field Marshal Putnlk. commander.
in-chief. who, II will he remembered
was arrested In Austria 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 Austrians AT the time Of his
detention some say but II seems more
probable that his advanced age and
the fatigues OF the last two campaigns
have told upon him
The Associated Press correspondent
dlned at the invitation OF colonel at
the officers mess at the military club,
formerly the Turkish palace. He
found them keen for news of what
was taking place In the other Euro.
pean fronts, OF which they knew ~.
tie.
Fresh from their own successful
strategy and determined offensive in
driving the Austrians back, they could
not understand the comparative slow.
ness Of the movements Oh the west
European front Russia, they know
has many Of their own difficulties Of
Insufficient transportation for her
forces, but they cannot understand
why England snd France with every
made uf transport at their conypn
lence, with an abundance Of supplies
and equipment Of every kind. should
not have made greater headway
against the Germans.
We hope some day" an officer
said "thStE{Lf allies will have 80 far
advances ~ we can Join forces with
them, At present we are Keeping
to our defensive without regard TO
their plans. All our time will be spent
In reforming our army which is natu
rally somewhat shattered by the great
trial through which II has passed.
Now that we have plenty Of ammuni.
uon and better equipment, II will not
again be so easy for the enemy to ad
vance into the heart Of our country 4"
DO you think Belgrade Is now
safe" the correspondent asked
Yes, unless the Austrlans send
overwhelming forces against It. In
war numbers must always tell up to a
certain point but the Austrians will
not win without severe losses to them
selves as well as to US. Our courage,
and purpose are In no way lessened
"A you may well imagine by the fact
that we have twice been victorious
over the enemy. He began the war
but II Ia not In his power or ours to
end H. We shall stay by our Russian
and French allies to the very end
And, indeed since Serbia has Mace
donia as a region to fall back upon,
II seems very improbable that she will
ever be conquered again as she was
once by the Turks"