Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-10-18

Washington, d. c., Oct. 1S.-Presl-
dent Roosevelt and a 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
probably break all previous records
for touring in President Roosevelts
strenuous career. According to the
program for the trip, President Roose-
welt will cover about two thousand
miles in about ten days, which means
about two hundred miles a day, in
cluding stops, delays and actual trav-
cling. 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.
President Roosevelt began his tour
of the south at $3.50 this morning.
The departure from Washington was
without incident. AS the president
alighted from his carriage at the side
ed Mrs Roosevelt out and then smil-
ed and raised his hat to the half hun
dred spectators who had gathered to
see his departure Just before the
train moved out, the president stepped
from the observation room to the rear
platform of his car and smilingly
bowed acknowledgment to the flutter
of handkerchiefs of the crowd. 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 presi-
dent arrived
In accordance with his custom,
he shook hands with the engineer and
the other members of the train crew
and cordially greeted the representa-
tive of the Southern Railway, under
whose direction the tour will be. Al
$50 o'clock, sharp, the signal was
given and the train rolled swiftly out
of the station, while the crowd cheered
and the president, standing on tie
back platform, smilingly waved his
hat.
The itinerary of the presidents tour
has been carefully planned to enable
the president TO cover as much ground
as possible with the least inconveni
ence during the short time at his dis
posal. The prevalence of yellow fever
in some OF the districts which the
president intended to visit on his toul
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 authorities of the
be so arranged as to minimize, the
presidents danger from infection
made it possible to overcome all diff
fculties which threatened to inter
fere with the carrying out of the or
iginal plans for the trip. The presi
dents itinerary includes stops of vary
ing length in the following towns II
the order given: Richmond, Va;
Raleigh, n. c.; Durham, Greensboro
High Point, Charlotte, Roswell Ga.
Atlanta, Macon, Jessup, Jacksonville
Fla, st. Augustine, Mobile, Ala, Tus
kegee, Montgomery, Birmingham, Lit
tie Rock and New ORLEANS.
At Roswell, Ga, President Roose
welt will visit Bulloch Hall, the child
hood and glrlhoOd home of his mother
and the place where she was married
" the president IdJueI, many yedl
ago. In Little Rock, the presidents
party will be divided only the presi
dent and Secretary Loeb will con
tinue their trip to New Orleans, while
the rest of the party will return tC
Washington. The president expects
TO arrive in New Orleans at 9 O'Clock
on the morning of October Goth, anC
to go on board of the cruiser which
will take him back to Washington, al
6 o'clock the same evening. 1t is not
probable that any material change in
the schedule will be made.