New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-17

gone. There was nothing 10 do Dut
remain at cur camp fire until dawn.
On the next march new expert
ence awaited US. The road ran Tor
miles through "A rocky gorge, and moth
ing else The bed Of the river was the
only meanr Of travel There Is moth
ing so nervc-racking a. 10 keep one
eyes constantly glued 20 the ground
when each step presents new PROD
lem. OF course, eVc-y now ana theh
one Of the stones would turn uLder
our feet, and this mecnt piunbs up
TO the knees in icy water
So FAR as the eye could see there
was nothing but this rocky bed, wind
ing between towering basaltc GINS.
The task Of transporting thousand
men and horses under such conditions
was almost superhuman. II the Al
banians bad been openly hostile not
one man would lave come out alive.
When we reached Redemi We had
the greatest difficulty to obtain ac-
commodations until IL became known
we were not Serbians. Then every
hospitality was shown US, but prices
were enormous.
Roads Unsafe at Night.
t.
grasping and fond of money. but once
you cross his threshold your person
and property are sacred. ! never had
the slightest fear once ! entered an
Albanian house.
On the road everything Is possible.
The tribes live at war with one an
other and respect for human life -
non-existegt. 1t would have been as
,.,-,.h as ,tt, fsvoa u-arp xuorfh travel
an hour after darkness. But during
the daylight an armed party inspires
u certain respect.
The men physically are probably
the handsomest in Europe. | have
never seen anywhere such beautiful
children as those of the Albanians. Not
one in hundred knows how to read
or write or has ever been more than
twenty miles from home.
IL was through such a country the
Serbians had to transport soldiers. and
that with the German5 and the Bui-
garians in close pursuit.
The last stages Of the march were
probably the hardest, as fodder for the
animals and food for the men was prac-
tically Improbable. Money Difficult
ties also increased daily, the Albanians
refusing 70 accept Serbian script at
any rate of exchange. They would,
however, give food and lodgings for
articles Of clothing, shirts, underwear,
socks and boots. On the last stage
we had, therefore, to resort 10 the
primitive system of barter, buying q
nights lodging with a shirt and a meal
with pair of socks.
I'm the mountains just before Puks
I discovered the first trace Of wolves,
The carcasses Of dead horses. which
were now numbered by scores, showed
signs of having been torn by them.
A part Of the French aviation corps,
which was preceding US, got lost IN
the snow and darkness, and had 10
spend the night in the open without
protection. A dozen were frostbitten,
but no fatal casualties After six
days we finally reached the Drina
again, swiftly flowing stream.
Thence the march 10 Scutari may be
summed up in the word mud mud OF
the deepest and most tenacious kind,
sometimes only reaching TO the ankles,
sometimes to the knees, but II was al
ways there.
The twenty-five miles between the
Drin ferry and Scutari represents
physical effort of no mean order II
was the finish for scores Of unfortu-
nate pack forses pu~iug the last two
days they got practically no food. On
these days we found dead horses every
hundred yards. VIXEN at last, at I
iu the afternoon. we came in sight Of
the towers and minarDts of Scuteri
every one heaved a sigh of relief. The
streets presented wonderful sight,
being thronged with Serbian soldiers,
mixed with French aviators, men Of
the French and Sc hin medical staff
and scores Of the Red Cross unit
British. French. Russian and Greek
Scutari's normal population % 40
600 had been increased By 100000
Serbian and other refugees. Food was
running scarce, and there were practi-
callv no accommodations. The unfort-
innate diplomatic corps was scattered all
over in such lodgings as could be found
for It. The headquarters staff took
possession Of the Hotel De Ia Vile. !
learned the Danube division. which had
entered Albania by Montenegro, had
performed the miracle Of saving part
Of its field artillery.