jar files are usually located on different folder.
but you can do it like this
<project name="helloworld" default="compile"[color=#FF0000:2hd3w8s2] basedir="."[/color:2hd3w8s2]>
<property name="ws.jars" [color=#FF0000:2hd3w8s2]value="${basedir}/path/to/jars"[/color:2hd3w8s2]/>
more info
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9475309/how-to-add-a-jar-in-build-xml