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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28. PLANS FOR ROOSEVELT’S PARTY ON AFRICAN TRIP Names of Men To Accompany Him and the Route Selected For This Great Scientific Trip Through the Wilds of Africa Theodore Roosevelt, fifty years of age, having on March 4, with his re tirement as twenty-sixth president of the United States, completed over twenty-five years of public service, has decided to take rest and recre ation in a two-year's trip abroad, half of which will be spent in Africa un der the British flag as a faunal natu ralist and the other half in Europe visiting at least three of the big capitals. At the head of a scientific expedition outfitted by the Smithsoni an Institution of Washington he will, with his son, Kermit, and three Amer lean naturalists of note—Major Edgar A. Mearns, J. Loring Aiden and Ed mund Hellar—make a collection of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and botanical specimens of Central •Af rica, which will be deposited in the United States National Museum at Washington. LEAVES ABOUT MIDDLE OF MARCH. The party leave New York city about the middle of March, going by the Mediterranean route to Gibraltar and Naples. At Naples the members of the expedition will board a steam er of the German East African line for Rilindini harbor, Mombasa Island. They will arrive at the East African port toward the end of April, pro ceed to Nairobi, spend six months there, then continue to Port Florence, Lake Victoria Nyanza, making a total distance of 584 miles by rail. The expedition will cross Gga’nda by cara van, and, finally pass down the whole length of the Nile, reaching Khar toum about April. 1910. Much of the hunting and specimen collecting will be done in British East Africa, where the Uganda railway Will be used as a means of ready transportation from Nairobi, which will be the base of supplies. MRS. ROOSEVELT WILL GO TO EUROPE. At Khartoum, it is expected, the president and his son will be joined by Mrs, Roosevelt, who will accom pany them on their trip to Europe. The naturalists of the party will pro ceed direct to the United States from Egypt. Mr. Roosevelt probably will remain in Continental Europe and Great Britain about one year, having accepted invitations to deliver the Romanes Lecture at Oxford univer sity, an address at the Sorbonne in Paris, and a lecture before the stu dents of the University of Berlin. ROOSEVELT LONGS FOR THE TRIP. Long has it been the desire of Mr. Roosevelt to make a hunting tour into the heart of Africa. Speaking the great hunting grounds of the world, Mr. Roosevelt says that theft remain only three in the pres ent century. South Africa is the true hunter’s paradise, in his opinion. IN PUBLIC LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. 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Secretary of the Navy of the United States, Colonel' of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry in the Spanish war, Governor of the State of New York, Vice-president of the Uni ted States, and finally as President of the nation, the highest gift in the power of the people of the country —-Mr. Roosevelt feels that he has earned the right to put in a portion of his time in the sport which most, appeals to him. He proposes to spend two years away from the Uni ted States for two reasons. Rest and recreation in hunting and scientific research are only the minor ones. He intends to put himself beyond the reach of those persons whom, he be lieves, would inevitably seek, if he were within reach, to use his influ ence with the administration of Presi dent William H. Taft. Mr. Roose velt is, of course, aware of the man ner in which the charge has been cir culated that Mr. Taft would be only a Roosevelt man as president, and whatever Mr. Taft, as president, might do, it would be ascribed to Mr. Roosevelt’s influence. it is because of this situation that Mr. Roosevelt decided to take himself out of the country, where it would be impossi ble for anyone to repeat any such charge against President Taft. Mr. Roosevelt, pome months before the republican national convention had nominated Mr. Taft to the presi dency, made a statement in which he said: ‘lf Mr. Taft is nominated and elected president, which would be very gratifying. It would make im possible any criticism, if 1 were abroad, to the effect that I was dic tating to him and being followed, or that 1 had dictated and iad been turned down in any suggestions.” WILL GO AS PRIVATE CITIZEN. In traveling abroad Mr. Roosevelt will not make any such tour as did General Grant after retiring from the presidency. General Grant, was re ceived in state by emperors and kings wherever he went on his tour around the world. He was feted as no other American ever has been. Mr. Roose velt will avoid all that, it being his desire to travel as a plain American citizen, and spending a good part of his time in the pursuit of game; ne will put himself out of the way of social entertainment. Mr. Roosevelt shares with other sportsmen the feeling that the wild animals on reservations should be protected to the utmost and that un der no circumstances should permis sion be given to kill them, except, possibly, when predatory animals be come too numerous for the safety of other practically defenseless animals. SPORT THE MAIN OBJECT OF TRIP. It is Mr. Roosevelt’s desire that his Afrioan hunting expedition shall not be looked upon as one with sport as a main object. A limited number of specimens of mammals and birds will be killed for the uses of the United States National Mu seum. Other killing win be coiTßfiW to the limits of the necessary food supply of the camp. On his trip Mr. Roosevelt hopes to secure for scien tific purposes two adult specimens, one of each sex, and a specimen of their young, of animals he is likely to meet on the Dark Continent. For the ordinary needs of the museum the president, and the naturalists and di rector of the Smithsonian Institution, whom he has consulted, think these will be sufficient, hut whether they are sufficient or not these are all he has in mind to kill; no matter how plentiful the game may be. It is the known wish of the pres ident that the expedition into Africa shall be made with the privacy that marks, or should mark, any other scientific expedition. Mr. Roosevelt wants an outing and a chance to do a moderate amount of shooting, with a first view to getting results that will be of some benefit to science. While a number of the American newspapers would like to send cor respondents with Mr. Roosevelt, it is needless to say that no newspaper representatives will accompany the party. PLANNED TRIP AT OYSTER BAY. During his summer vacation last year, which he spent at his summer home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, Mr. Roosevelt did most of his planning for the trip. During the hot summer days from June till September the president devoted much of his time sitting on the broad veranda of his home studying hooks on natural history and big game hunting in Africa. These he procured from every available source. Working out the details of his plans occupied a great deal of time. was continually in correspondence during the summer and even after he again resumed his official duties at Washington with the noted game hunters and naturalists who have de voted years of study to Central Af rica and its fauna. It was to Secretary Walcott, of the Smithsonian Institution, that Mr. Roosevelt first unfolded the tentative plans for his African trip. In a letter to the secretary he made known his project of going, after his term of office expired, to Africa for the pur pose of hunting and traveling in Brit ish and German East Africa, crossing Ugapda and working down the Nile with side trips after animals and birds. He declared then that he is “not in the least a game butcher,’’ saying: “I like to do a certain amount of hunting, but my real and matin interest is the interest of a faunal naturalist.” TO GATHER FINE COLLECTION. In his letter he expressed the opln ion that this trip opened the best chance for the United States National Museum to get a fine collection, not only ot the big game beasts, but of the smaller mammals and birds of Africa, and ought not to be neglect ed. The presiUsit offered to take with him several professional field natu ralists and taxidermists who should prepare and send back the specimens he is to collect, the collection to go to the National Museum. The presi dent said that as an ex-president he should feel that that institution is the museum to which his collection should go. While he would pay the expenses of himself and his son, he felt he had not the means that would enable him to pay for the natural ists and their kit and the curing and transport of the specimens for the museum. All he desired to keep would be a few personal trophies of little scientific value which for some reason he might like to keep. He said the actual hunting of big game he would want to do himself or have his son do. Seeing the value of the president’s proposition, Secretary Walcott imme diately set to work selecting men to form the party. PROMINENT MEN WILL BE IN PARTY. In selecting the four men to accom pany Mr. Roosevelt the best men in the scores of naturalists of Mile coun try were selected. .It was decided that Major Edgar A. Meams of the Medical Corps of the United States army, a retired officer who has had twenty-five years experience as a doc tor in the army, should have charge of the Smithsonian portion of the party. His professional services as physician to the expedition undoubt edly will be of the greatest value, not to speak of his ability as a well known naturalist and collector of na tural history specimens. As an orni thologist, Major Meams probably is one of the highest authorities, having made a specialty of bird study for many years. The major was one of the founders of the American Orni thologists’ Union and has written widely on bird subjects. He is a member of the Linnaeon Society of Natural History of New York, of the National Geographical Society, of the Biological Society of Washington, of the Amerioan Association for the Ad vancement of Science and a patron of the American Museum of Natural History of New York. He is fifty three years of age. As a field naturalist, Mr. .1. Loring Aiden is probably the most efficient and experienced man in the party. Of the party the only one who has had previous experience in that sec tion of Africa through which the ex pedition will journey is Mr. Edmund Heller. He was associated with Pro fessor Carl E. Akeley and Mr. X. D. G. Eliot In the expedition of the Field Columbian Museum of Chicago, which, in 19110, visited the same por tions of Africa that the Roosevelt expedition will cover. In order that he might accompany Mr. Roosevelt his release from his po sition as assistant curator of the Mu seum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University of California was secured by the Smithsonian Institution. PRESIDENT’S SON THE PHOTOGRAPHER. Kermit Roosevelt, the president’s second son, a young man of 19 years, is to be the official, photographer of the expedition. Hie collection of pho tograpns of animals and scenes will be made use of in a scientific way and as illustrations for books and articles which his father will write. Young Mr. Roosevelt is a student at Harvard university and a great favor ite of his father. He has spent con siderable time in preparing ifltnsolf for the work he is to undertake. Dur ing his summer vacation he mode a study of the camera and photographic methods. He is also experimented in taking pictures of the animals at the zoological gardens in New York. It is his first trip abroad and he looks forward to it with the keenest inter est. He is tail and slender, a good horseman and a splendid rifle shot. Much of the shooting of the big game he hopes to share with his father. ENGLISHMAN WILL DIRECT THE PARTY. To complete the personnel of the expedition Mr. J. R. Cuninghame, an Englishman, was chosen. He is a noted field naturalist and big game hunter and had guided numerous hunting parties in Afrioa. He will act as general manager of the expedi tion, guiding the party and taking oharge of the native porters. Upon reaching Kllindinl, April 21, the party will spend a short time in Mombasa and then prymod by train to Nairobi, the capita! of Ukamba province and headquarters of the ad ministration of British East Africa protectorate, a city of 13,514 Inhabit ants, of which 579 are Europeans. Nairobi will be uved as the headquar ters and base of supplies and from there trips will be made into the country thereabouts which abounds with animals of all kinds. It is in this section that Mr. Roosevelt hopes THE AUGUSTA HEKALU to do most of his hunting and collect ing. Trips extending from a week to a montn in length will be made in all directions. Supplies and camping outfits will be carried by natives and camps established at various points oh the trips. It has been decided that snow-capped Mount Kenia, IS.OOO feet high, an extinct volcano near Ndoro, to the north of Nairobi, will be the objective point of one of these trips. MANY IN THE OUTFIT. The outfit which Mr. Cuninghame has selected in London consists of rot-proof tents, green in color; a good supply of mosquito netting, camp tools and cooking utensils. Mr. Roosevelt and the other members of the party will sleep on the simplest kind of light cots. A luxury that will be taken are folding baths. A large quantity of preservatives and materials for curing skins and pre paring them for shipment home is being taken. Nairobi being the cen tral station of the Uganda railway it will be easy to reach quickly the re mote parts of the country where the party can strike off into the jungle. All the specimens will be taker.-care of at Nairobi before shipment to the National Museum. SIX MONTHS NEAR NAIROBI. No definite arrangements have been made for the six momhs the party will spend in the territory about Nai robi except that short trips In search of specimens is to be made from there. The presidents expedition will not visit Mount Kilimanjaro, on ihe border between British East Africa and German East Africa. The reason for (his is that the National Museum lias been receiving a splendid collec tion of specimens from that locality from Dr. Abbott, of Philadelphia, who has been there for some time. The altitude of the Nairobi district is over 5,000 feet above the sea and further west the country reaches 7,- 000 feet above sea level. Taking the country as a whole, the climate Is distinctly favorable to health. Tin days under the equatorial sun are hoi, but cool nights amply atone for the heat of the day. The rainy season in that section of Africa occurs from the end of January till the end of April. Another rainy season, but ot short duration, occurs about October or November. From May to Febru ary is considered as the best season for the shooting of big game. TO PORT FLORENCE IN OCTOBER. In October the expedition will pack its outfit at Nairobi and continue its journey inland over to Port Florence, on Lake Victoria Nyanza. At that place a short stop will be made and probably a trip will be made to Mount Elgon, 75 miles norlh from there. Mount Elgon Is over 14,000 feet in height. When the party again returns to Port Florence it will board a. steamer of the railway service which piles about tin' lake and pro ceed to Entebbe, 150 miles away. it is expected that Entebbe will be reached early in December. At that point, a smal caravan will be made up from animals and natives which Mr. Cuninghame has specially engaged for the trip across Uganda to the Nils. The first stop after leaving Entebbe will be at Mengo. Then by short stages it will proceed until reaohing Kibira on Lake Albert Ayauzn, The journey across Uganda is expected to take not more than a month and the expedition should strike the White Nfle about the first of the year 1910. GUNS TO BE USED ON THE TRIP. Of the greatest importance Is the battery of guns whioh Mr. Roosevelt will carry along with him. Since it became known that he intended to make a hunting expedition into Afri ca many of his friends have present ed him with guns. But he did not select any of those to take with him on his trip. Instead, he had made specially for him by one of the best American gun manufacturers four different types of rifles, each having a special use. The first of these is a powerful rifle of .405 calibre, car rying a 300-graln bullet, and Is in tended for the very largest type of African game such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus and elephant. Homke lens powder is used and its power can be measured by the fact that the bul let at the time of impact has an energy »f 3,500-foot, pounds. The sec ond rifle Is known as the: new SO United Btates government rimless cartridge type carrying a 220-grain bullet and is fitted to kill very large game at a range of from 300 to 1,000 yards. This will be the lion gun. The third rifle is an extra light weap on, oarrying a 45 70 cartridge, with its most effective range at 5 yards It is of .405 calibre. This Is the weap on Mr. Roosevelt used considerably in his excursions for big game in Western United States. The fourth rifle is a .400 gut) for moderate steed game, carrying a spsoheless powder cartridge, with a builef of 170 grains. It also is of a very high power type and has been used by the president, on some of his trips. The other mem bers of the party also will be armed with similar guns and will oarry re volvers. The principal weapon which will be carried by the naturalists win be a 12-bore gun. There is not a member of the party who is not an excellent rifle shot and assaurances have been given that not the least fear need be entertained for Mr. Roosevelt's safety while he is away. It is pointed out t.hfft the party will be accompanied by native gunbearers who are experts with rifles and stiould any beast, be missed by Mr. Roosevelt, which is improb able It Is declared, the animal will not travel far before It is brought down. MANY WANTED TO GO WITH HIM. Hundreds and hundreds of applica tions have been received by Mr. Roosevelt by people who wished to accompany him on the expedition. They offered their services gratis. These offers carne from all kinds of people, from cooks to naturalists. None of them was granted by Mr. Roosevelt. Numerous announcements have appeared in the newspapers from time to time stating that some person or other was to go with the president and not a few gained cop fideralile newspaper advertising in (his manner. The latest was a young prize fighter who was traveling with a theatrical company. WILL WRITE HIS EXPERIENCES. One of the objects of Mr. Roosevelt in taking this trip is for the pur pose of collecting material for writ ing several books regarding his ex periences. Regarding the seeoitd year of Mr. Roosevelt’s tour abroad little of his plans is known, in fact he has not definitely decided upon them, friends of the president, however, expect to see him return to the United Stales at the end of two years with added laurels and popularity. It is not alone for the shooting of a collection of mammals that Mr. Roosevelt goes across the water, but he will also have an opportunity to do and say something that, will bring him into prominence before the entire world. After he has finished his hunting tour he will be joined by Mrs. Roosevelt at. Khartoum and proceed down the Nile to Cairo, making visits to places of Interest while on the way, and then proceeding to Europe. MAKES ADDRESS AT BERLIN UNIVERSITY. At Berlin he will deliver an ad dress upon the one hundredth anni versary of the founding of the Uni versity of Berlin. It is reported t hat he will go to Rerlin upon the special invitation of the German emperor, and while there will be a guest tit different, times of the kaiser. From Germany he will go to France and deliver an address at the Sorbonne, probably taking as Ids subject, the life-work of the* Marquise de Lafay ette. After his visit In France, Mr. Roosevelt, will go to England, where a reception of great warmth undoubt edly will be accorded to him. He lias accepted an invitation to deliver the Romanes Lectxxre at Oxford Univer sity and in all probability the honor ary degree of D. C. L., which Oxford has bestowed on Emperor William, will be conferred nil Mr. Roosevelt. MAKES SPEECHES IN GERMAN. The versatility of Mr. Roosevelt will be shown by the fact that he will speak German In his address be fore the students of the University of Berlin, French In his lecture at the Sorbonne, and English in delivering the Romanes Lecture at Oxford ft is expected that this feature of his visit to the capitals of the three lead ing nations of Europe will attract, a great deal of attention Holland, li'w ing L.»e home of his ancestors In Eu rope, it is considered not Improbable that he will go there for a short visit, when he undoubtedly would speak In the tongue of his forefathers. 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