Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-10
mi ON HIS TRIP.
President and Cabinet Start on Their
5000 Mile Jaunt.

l5,OO0-M Mile Jaunt.
President Mckinley and FIVE of the
members of his cabinet and their wives
started from Washington on a 10000
mile trip at 1880 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The trip will include twenty-five
States, over twenty-seven railways. and
the train. in the matter of furnishings
and equipment, beats anything ever seen
on n railroad. During the seven weeks,
of he journey the affairs of the govern
ment will be administered from Presi-
dent McKinley's private car.
A una of the United States gov
eminent remains in Washington. Secre-
taries Gage and Root do not accompany
the President because OF the illness Of
General Knox also remains behind.
communication with the President at all
hours of the day during the long tour,
but the real administration of the gov
eminent will be from the sumptuous
train, because the presidential special
will virtually constitute an improvised
government on wheels.
Not only is the chief executive accom-
panied by his private secretary and a
majority of the members of his cabinet,
but on board is a force of assistant sec
retaries and stenographcrs such as is
maintained in the executive Office at the
White House, and with the assistance of,
these men the chief magistrate will con
duct the affairs of the nation.
Most elaborate plans have been made
for enabling the officials in Washington
to keep in close touch with the presi-
Dental train. The telegraph and cipher
bureau of the executive mansion has a
complete itinerary of the trip, and by
means of Il system of reports from train
dispatchers will be enabled to ascertain
the exact location of the train at any
hour of the day of night. Communica.
lions between the flying seat Of govern
ment and the White House will be trans
mitted in the Presidents private code.
The train is made up as follows: The
dining car st. James, which is handsome
ly finished in red leather and upholstery,
and with extra wide v%estibules to give
the walters room to pass in and out with
out crowding; the observation car Olym-
pia, the most handsomely furnished car
in the world; the Clarion, a sleeping car,
finished in mahogany, with royal blue
plush upholstery; the drawing room car
Pelion, finished in satinwood, mahogany,
and with royal purple upholstery; the
smoking car Atlantic, which is fitted up
with n barber shop and other conven-
lences. There are two compartment cars,
the Omena and the Guiana. which are
specially arranged for the trip.
A picked crew has been chosen and
when the journey is over the American
roads will have made a record which will
eclipse all previous ones.
President Mckinley has looked forward
with great pleasure to the trip, as it will
give him al opportunity to visit many
sections of the country he has never seen.
The party will arrive at San Francisco,
via New Orleans, and, returning through
Yellowstone Park, Mt Washington on
June 10. The longest distance to be trav-
eled without n stop will be from San An
tonic to El Paso, Texas, a distance Of
GA miles. The party stops from one
hour to one week at the following places:
Memphis, Tenn; Vicksburg, Jackson,
New Orleans, Houston, Texas; Austin,
San Antonio, Il Paso, Phoenix, .Ariz. !;
Los Angeles, San Buenaventura, Santa
Barbara. Del Monte, Santa Cruz, Palo
Alto, San Francisco, Stockton, Sacra-
mento, Redding, Ashland, Salem, Ore;
Portland, Butte and Helena, Mont; Vel
lowstone Park flour days., Salt Lake
City, Colorado Springs, Denver, Kansas
City, st. Louis and Chicago.