Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-04-03
PRESIDENTS
ITINERARY
Left Washington Thi. Morning
for San Antonio to Attend
Rough Riders Reunion.
THENCE TO OKLAHOMA
To Hunt Wolves and From There to
Colorado After Big Game...The Pro-
gram For Thursday and Friday. +,

gram tor 'hursday snd FRIDAY.
Washington, April 3.-With cheers
and good wishes resounding at the
Pennsylvania depot, President Roose-
welt at sos this morning, on q spe-
cial train started for his trip through
the south. The trip is being primarily
made to enable President Roosevelt to
attend the reunion of his regiment, the
Rough Rider, which is to be held in
San Antonio, Texas, next Friday, and
to hunt big game in Oklahoma and
Colorado His first important stop
will be at Louisville, tomorrow morn
ing, where he will be the guest of the
city for a few hours. He will then
go directly to st. Louis and then to
San Antonio via the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railroad, stopping at several
places on the way, among them Sher.
| man and Dallas. After leaving San
Antonio the President will go to Okla
homa for a wolf hunt and then to Colo
rado to hunt big game in the noun
tains. Unless it is found necessary to
curtail the trip, President Roosevelt
will be absent from Washington about
two months. While he expects to be
| in the wilds of Colorado for some time
he will be in constant touch with the
affairs of the government at Washing
ton by means of couriers to the near
est telegraph station and thus will at
tend to such important business as de-
mands his personal attention.
Will Be Busy Man.
San Antonio, Texas, April 3.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt will be the busiest man
in San Antonio during the day of
April 7. He will be constantly on the
go for twelve hours and thirty min.
utes, with a rest of one hour and th1r-
| ty minutes The time will be spent in
carriages, in receiving an ovation from
| the school children, in addressing the
people from Alamo plaza, in lunching
and the reunion with his old comrades,
the Rough Riders, dining with the
members of the Business Mems Club
and a farewell reception to the Rough
Riders. The Presidents train, arriv-
ing in the early morning of the 7th,
will not be met by any committee, 1t
being the Presidents wish to rest as
long as possible.
At $50 a committee will be received
by the President and a day of strenu-
BUSINESS will begin. Escorted by spe.
cial police, a troop of the First Caval-
ry and troop of the Rough Riders,
the President will proceed to Fort Sam
Houston and review the troops OF the
garrison. The party will go to Alamo
plaza, where the address of welcome
will be delivered. On the way to the
plaza the party will circle Travis park
to receive the ovation of $4,000 school
children, who will sing America" In
the Presidents honor and throw a
shower of flowers into his carriage.
Rough Riders Luncheon.
After leaving Alamo plaza the Presi.
dent will proceed to the camp OF the
Rough Riders for lunch. On this trip
it is probable that none Of the party
will accompany him. This is an affair
exclusively for the President and the
Rough Riders, and no one else will be
admitted to the camp. Guards viii be
placed round to see that this rule Is
strictly observed.
After lunch the formal business ses-
sion will be held in the Presidents
tent and officers elected and other for
NAL business transacted. If the Presi-
dent makes any speech 1t will be pure
ly informal.
| In the afternoon he will return to the
Menger Hotel where suite OF rooms
will be provided and he will have one
hour and half to rest and prepare for
the dinner rendered by the Business
Mems Club at 1880 o'clock.
At $3.50 o'clock he will meet the
members Of the Rough Riders in the
parlors of the Menger for farewell
reception. This will be exclusively TO-
the members Of that organization, and
precautions will be taken to see that
no one else attends. The President
will leave at II p m. for Houston.
Dallas Making Great Preparations.
Dallas, Texas, April 3.-Great prepa-
rations are being made for the recep-
ton Of President Roosevelt and party,
who will arrive here on the evening OF
April 5th. The President is to deliver
an open air address and later will be
rendered banquet Over one hun.
dred prominent Democrats and Repub-
licans have been invited.
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