In Vranje, he befriended numerous Serb guerillas who had their base in the town. From there, the guerillas crossed the Serbian-Ottoman border into Macedonia where they fought for the liberation of the Serb people. The Central Board of the Serbian Chetnik Organization in Vranje was active at that time, which led to affairs regarding Macedonia, and thereby Chetnik armed action. Some of the most notable fighters active at the time included Jovan Babunski, Jovan Dovezenski, Vasilije Trbić, Pavle Mladenović, Vojislav Tankosić, Savatije Milošević, Doksim Mihailović, Đorđe Skopljanče, Vojin Popović, and others. His day-to-day travelling work gave him time to undetectably enter Serb villages and contact Chetniks from whom he received information on battles and successes. His career was ended in 1911 when he was called up for military training.
