The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-10-18
PRESIDENT STARTS sourH.
Will Probably Break All His Previous
Records for Touring.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 18.-Presi-
lent Roosevelt and-a party Of
thar twenty, including Secretary Loeb
a number of clerks, s~tenographers
and secret service men started from
here this morning on an extensive
tour of the south, which will prob
ably break all previous records for
touring in President Roosevelt's siren
uous career. According to the program
for the trip the President will cover
about two thousand miles in about ten
days, which means about two hundred
miles a day, including stops, delays
and actual travelling. The entire rail
road trip will be in charge of the
Southern Railway, which has made
the most careful preparations to pre-
vent anything from interfering with
the prompt and speedy movements of
the Presidents special train and to
insure it's safety at all times as much
as human effort can make it.
The President started on his tour
at half past eight o'clock this morn
ing. Notwithstanding the early hour
there were thousands of people as,
sembled at the station, when the
President arrived there in his car
riage, accompanied by Secretary
Loed and several members of the
cabinet. The special train consisting
of a private car, a baggage car, two
sleepers, a dining car and a powerful
locomotive, stood ready in the station
when the President arrived. The Pre-
sident was given an ovation by the
crowd, when he arrive% and was en-
thusiasticlly cheered. In accordance
with his custom he shook hands with
the engineer and other members of
the train crew and cordially greeted
the representatives of the Southern
railway, under whose direction the tour
will be-. AT $50 O'Clock sharp h sig
nal was given and the train rolled
crowd cheered and h President,
standing on the back platform, sm1i-
ingly waved his hat
The itinary of the Presidents tour
has been carefully planned to enable
the president to w as much ground
as possible with the least inconven-
fence during the short period of time
at his disposal. The prevalence Of
Yellow Fever in some of the districts
which the President intends to visit
on his tour made it rather difficult
to arrange matters in a satisfactory
manner but the determination OF the
President, his utter fearlessness and
the hopeful conviction of the arthor-
tiles in. the yellow fever towns. that
things could be SO arranged as to min
imize the Presidents danger from in
lection, made it possible to overcome
all difficulties. which threatened TO
interfere with the carrying out of the
original plans for the trip. The Presl-
dents itinerary includes stops OF va
rying length at the following towns in
the order given; Richmond, Va, Raj
eigh, N. c., Durham, Greensboro. Fig1
POlnC, CndTtOIC0, hOS"tl, Nd, L"
ia, Macon, Jessup, Jacksonville, Fla,
St Augustine, Mobile, Ala, Tuske@ee,
Montgomery, Birmingham, Little
Rock and New Orleans
At Roswell, Ga, President Roose-
welt will visit Bulloch Hall, h child
hood and girlhood nome of his moth
err and the place where she was mar
ried to the Presidents father many
years ago. In Little Rock the PTesl-
dents party will be divided; only the
President and Secretary Loed will
continue the trip to New Orleans,
while the rest of the party will re-
turn to Washington. The President
expects to arrive in New Orleans at
nine O'Clock in the morning of Octo-
Der 26., and to go on board Of the
cruiser which is to TAX aim back to
Washington, at six o'clock the same
evening. 1t is not probable that any
material change il the schedule will
be made.
URfn Van