Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
Men from United States
Fighting in Macedonia

rope long before we entered THO
war. You may remember that Am'
bassador Dumba complained cont
stantly that we were permitting reg
cruiting against his unotfendina
country. There was no recruiting.
The first members of Austria-Hun4
gary's subject races were merely
returning as individuals to make
war on her alone.
Few inducements were Offered
them. If they were captured they
knew that they would assuredly bs
hanged. By her own confession
Austria has just made a wholesale
execution of captured Jugoslavs oa
the Italian front. Whether they
fought in the armies OF France, Italy
or Serbia, their pay would be exact;
ly one cent day, with the initial
privilege if they had the money, Of
paying their own way to Europe,
Many of them who sailed from New
York direct did this For the ma
jority, though, their first step was I'd
tourney quietly across the border
into Canada.
Training Camps Established.
"1f the United States wasn't al
war with Austria, Canada was
Once he had reached Canada, any
Croat or Slovene or Austrian Serb
could reasonably trust that therd
would be someone there to UNDER
stand and do the rest. And there
was. Very soon Serbian and Jugo4
sav officers were being brought
over from Europe. Two training
camps were established, at Lewis, in
Quebec, and at Sussex, New Bruns4
wick. They were adjacent, both I'd
the border and the transports. With+
in a few months 1000 Americana
Canadian Jugo-Slavs were in unit
forms. And by the time they had
their preliminary training others
were waiting to take their place
More than 1000 are at Lewis now
Meanwhile the nucleus of this new
army had been taking its second
step. 1t was being moved across
to Africa, to the great French as4
sembly camp at Bizerta.
AT Bizerta 100000 Serbians, all
who were left of Serbia's old army.
we're resting and training anew.
And the volunteers from America
trained with them. They were given
their course in intensive tactics. An
officers school gave the best Of
them the chance to win Serbian
commissions. And presently di4
vision, or what remained of it, thd
Division of the Vardar, was filled
out to full strength and renamed
the Jugoslav. OF its $4,000 men.
about 10000 had formerly been pris4
oners in Russia, and had worked
their way to the English ships al
Archangel. The other 5000 werd
Americans. In due course they had d
chance to take the third step in
their journey, to Saloniki. And thew
have been winning glory ever since.
Bravest of the Brave.
1--WE English-speaking Americans
have not heard much about them!
But there are 10000 Jugoslavs id
the United States who have. Where
we have had our Lufbery's and Put4
MANS and Quentin Roosevelt's, they
have had their Mance's and Kovac's
and Trost's-the bravest of the
brave on the Cerna front. Captain
frost was New York bank clerk.
Louis Adamicll, another hero, was a
clerk in Cleveland. Lieutenant
Frank kovac was making money in
Pittsburgh-till he saw his oppor4
tunity to do something better. All
America will know of these men
some time.
THE Jugoslav division was as
signed the place of honor and diff
Guilty in the last advance. the posi-
ticn before kosiak Mountain. And
i'll few hours they carried it by
storm. I don't know how they did
it, says an English attache, just
back from the Saloniki front, but
they did So there you are.
What is more, the members Of
that Jugoslav division have appar-
emily had their wish in another way
They didn't go to Europe to fight
Bulgaria. They went to fight Aus4
tria. And, once they had made tho
first break through, they found
themselves part of that army.
which was swung westward against
Prilep. Which is where the Aus4
TRANS are, and the Germans. And
for our Americans, under General
Misich, they are all the same"