Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-18
PRESIDENT STARTS SOUTH.
LEFT WASHINGTON AT EARLY
HOUR FOR TRIP.
The Entire Railroad Travelling Will
BE In Charge of South
ern Railway.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WE'RE
AT THE STATION.

Washington, ID. O., Oct rs. Presi.
dent Roosevelt and party of more
than twenty, including Secretary Loeb.
a number of clerks, stenographers and
secret service men, started from here
this morning on an extensive tour
through the South, which will prob
ably break all previous records for
touring in President Roosevelt siren
uous career.
According to the program for the
trip the President will cover about
2, 900 miles in about ten DAYS. which
means about 200 miles a day, includ-
ing stops, delays and actual travelling.
The entire railroad trip will be- in
charge of the Southern Railway,
which has made the most careful prep
arations to prevent anything from in
terfering with the prompt and speedy
movements of the Presidents special
train and to insure its safety at all
times as much as human efforts can
make it.
The President started on his tour
at s. 80 O'Clock this morning. Not
withstanding the early hour there
were thousands of people assembled at
the station when the President arrived
there in his carriage, accompanied by
Secretary Loeb and several members
of the cabinet The special train, con
sisting of a private car, a baggage
car. two sleepers, dining car and a
powerful locomotive, stood ready in
the station, when the President ar
rived. The President was given an
ovation by the crowd when he arrived
and was enthusiastically cheered
In accordance with his custom he
oh hn a
the other members of the train crew
and cordially greeted the representa-
tives of the Southern Railway, under
whose direction the tour will be. At
s. 30 O'Clock sharp the signal was given
and the train rolled swiftly ont of the
station, while the crowd cheered and
the President, standing on the back
platform, smilingly waved his hat.
The itinerary of the Presidents tour
has been carefully planned to enable
him to cover as much ground as pos
sible with the least Inconvenience
during the short time at his disposal
The prevalence of Yellow Fever in
some of the districts which the Presi.
dent intended to visit ON his tour,
made it rather difficult to arrange
matters in satisfactory manner, but
the determination of the President, his
utter fearlessness and the hopeful
conviction of the authorities in the
yellow fever towns. that things could
be so arranged as TO minimize the
Presidents danger from infection,
made it possible to overcome all diff
culties, which threatened to interfere
with the carrying out of the original
plans for the trip The President's
itinerary includes stops of varying
length at the following towns in the
order given Richmond, Va, Raj
eigh, N. o., Durham, Greensboro,
High Point, Charlotte, Roswell, Ga.
Atlanta, Macon, Jessup Jacksonville,
Fla, st. Augustine, Mobile, Ala
Tuskegee, Montgomery, Birmingham,
Little Rock and New Orleans.
AT Roswell, Ga, President Roose-
welt will visit Bullock Hall, the child
hood and girlhood home of his mother
and the place where she was married
to the Presidents father many years
ago. In Little Rock the President s
party will be divided, only the Presi-
dent and Secretary Loebswill continue
their trip to New Orleans, while the
rest of the party will return to Wash
ingtou. The President expects to al
rive in New Orleans at 8 O'Clock in
the morning of October 26, and to &c
on board of the cruiser which is to
take him back to Washington, at G
O'Clock the same evening. 1t is not
probable that any material change in
the schedule will be made.