Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-07

Spirit Of Troops, However, Is
lIndaunied and Men Feel
That They Have Their
Homes 10 Defend,


Associated frsks Correspondence
skonylr. Sefbih. Jan 2s - Serbia,
cnos thc focal point ~ tho European
war. bat later almost loot to view in
tho nhelsiioin which swcpt the
greater powers into ihe struggle, gives
annie evidence 81 having borne her
mu Proportion 81 che sacrifices ~ thc
millions suffering ON an sides Is M
tcnse. hut the spirit 81 The troops u
undauntcd.
since tho recent defeat af the AUS
trAns freed Sffhlnu soil ~ Invaders
Minus have rapidly gone forward Tor
ihe next move Ia the great eNme ni
war Arc offensive Hundreds of
wounded soldiers lH me hospitnls
have loii the correspondent 81 inc
fT~s9iHfod i'foss That they feel their
second llfe purpose Nlli bc lost II they
arc unable 10 htip Ia rho ieligefanec
~ their kinsmen on Aunfro-lluug1-
tIan territory Tho serbian offensive
VIII ho khafcG Is The NuFHians and
enc hope H. expressed here ana ~
Nish that nnmauiAu troops also VIII
be- Ia ihr column hurled across the
Hungarian frontier
Motto of tfmy.
The motto 81 che serbian army u.
"SOnethine 10 defend something tn
reclaim" The something 20 defend
was The in1cpeuapnra ~ their king
,ihm The aomtiiilne 10 reclaim Is
that part of the ancient Serbian ems
pirp watch even after the victories
over the furts and fiuisars. stu lies
outside The limna ~ The serbian kine- /
dom.
rhe traveller n Serbia Is somewhat (
dazfd at lifst Ia discover among The
prisoners 90 MAR larse percentage ~
Serbs 1T the pufFi faec aud tongue. 1
having in Austrian irfflinry they were I
IufeHd ~ serve ID iksi arms uniil @ I
miii Audar riNr lhein tho opportunity 4
20 feftr their uUn country Some are 1
helping ID the military hospitals While /
others ait dninn scout md plehet t
dulf Al1ua he albanian border
i.Nhlp far beyond The EUROPEAN war I
coulter. Serbia senmrd il difficult desc Z
linHflun for a journey beginning 40 I
New York. het experience proved I
easier than anticipation Bplgfada I
the front door OF the Balkans was I'M
possible indeed but salonika, the
back door was found Hospitality open I
IN wartime back doors aud side al
ioSs are apt TO be faief and quicker I
means % getting about than guarded /
doors nrd fortified frontiers.
NNfuNH Nv MOUNTING.
with Paris caslly attained the ran 4
i0ntuty ffem there 10 Brlndlsl yia /
Turin ana Milan differed little from /
what Il might havo been Ia ordinary /.
times. The crowds az uniformed aol- 1
diprs ~ the stations and the remark .
able number ~ Wainen Nv mourning. Il
hoWofer. R4D evidence OK the 4
nhungs Of the past few months. Swift 4
iltile ltallhn Hieamefa make The jour /
nry lfom bfindla 10 salonika an en- /
l1yahse Que. ending always With an +
iaFpifing view Of Mount Olympus, /
bpuu which the 0reek peaHants Htiil I
believe the ancient euds Ell IN ludg +
Tnfnt aver The fatH nf Greece.
Citap. comfortable. fitst elaas ears I
ill,e ihe tfaNaler ftain Salonlka 90 t
Ipjrieh, 1t she serbian frontier. a \
thhhse Of trains M lhls point hrinps /
30 degrflofaim IA fallfpad facilities. 1
YhtaH tftins are daily crowded with /
sefldans at the better clnss who left 4
inrif homes ln the Interior during the /
Austrian lHvaa'an, Ian are returning 4
o. them assured II S safe "a do SO. /
a tipieli the chief Of customs Mr. 1
Smiteh, invited Tho correspondent OF I
the A2oeiafpd Press, together with /
other foreign into bis office where /
Turkish coffee and cigarettes we're
served. This courtesy was repeated /
br officials nj nDariY every station
whete The train stopped aud is one I
with whlth the traveller meets IN al
paris uf the naikans.
a splcadil new municipal building /
ct DfeiQI Nas converted into q hos- I
pital nooH after The war began. As Il
k%an ha the Wounded were able TO n
iWRe the atafefoNael hospitals at 4
tnf front thfv wefc sent % such re- /
nante epniH aa thin Tho hospital u
E1rnpulonsly clean. Ia faid-neeem 4
her SEINE sixty men wore lying on iron 4
hcdeteadf, all booking comfortable ana n
Mrii cared for. though there We're no n
nurses A number 1T Austrian nris- H
uuNfa uf ScrhlaH race were acting as
urdetiits 10 toe two doctors in charge \
For prisoners of the enemy to be sera- 4
inr as nufaca seemed verbally a union h
~ tho lion and the lamb. until the l
situation WIS explained. 4
Pathetic Hospital scene.
in ono II the smaller rooms OF this Il
hospital whore the worst eases were /
confined lay q thllH about years
Old bond ~ l@naaees almost from
head a. foot. Tho peasant mother sat I
by ita side THE rliid, ii seemed, had {
hfen pierced hV hayanet Tho Z
mother had escaped To he woods with +
thp Wounded ehlld ia her arms and 4
had wandered ahout Ger three 0f four Z
asne hcsnre comlng within the Ser I
hian lines This same mother had lost I
hef husband, father and brother IN /
The early frhinp
Despite Strhias many wars, The f
present strunEie brought for The first I
tne an invasion 81 serbian soil I'll
was the first time The women Of the (
country had heHn brought ID contact +
With aeuiAl warfare ana many OF +
them hate been driven mad from 4
ftlfhl and the ieitihie scenes they I
have Witnessed
Along she railroad line from nieieN +
% saap2ie tiotmotiy tsk0hl the sta-
tioas sre crowded with refugee
women children and deercplt old
men. huda,ed together Many refu-
4sts Ia tiis pant of The country are
without shciiCri most OF the available
hauanns haNing been given over a.
the wounded
III ,he patty % doctors and nurses
t0ken out 60 Serbia FAST November by
i.i9y i'aset vas au American. Str
MaIkac. whose father and grand
fathef were New YORK surgeons. This
pnfsy hffNtd IA tiine Ia care for the
thousands ~ wounded Serhians and
Austrian prisoners sent down from
filf 'front.' 10 tie hatiles which drove
TIRE Ausirinut frum belgrade, EyVry
iisaiatie suHee ln The general hos
piENl waA filled with straw. A many
as three persons Slept under one blan-
Kaf Lads faeets partt which had
taken charge al the ecneral hospital
here. consisted "a mnfe than fiils
nefRaff surgeons nurses. order Hes
Ana aereasfs faoa work II reRara
"a iR the Strhians as Invaluable.