The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-12-10

TO the United States by other members
of the party. Kermit Roosevelt is to
be the official photographer of the ex-
petition.
''The national collections, are very
deficient in natural history materials
from the Dark Continent, and an effort
will be made by the expedition to gather
general collections in zoology and botany
to supply some of its deficiencies; but
the main effort will be to collect the
large and vanishing African animals.
MIR. R. J. Cunningham, who is now
engaged in assembling the materials
for Mr.. RooseveIt's use, has been en-
plOyed to act as guide and manager of
the caravan. Mr.. Cunningham is also
an experienced collector of natural his
tory specimens, having made collections
for the British Museum in Norway and
Africa. He is an English fieldman, who
has guided numerous hunting parties in
Africa and who was chief hunter for
the field Columbian Exposition.
''Mr. Edmund Heller, graduate of
Stanford University, class of 1901, is a
thoroughly trained naturalist, whose
special work will be the preparation
and preservation of specimens of large
animals. Mr.. Heller is about 80 years
of age. His former experience, when
associated with Mr.. D. G. Eliot and
Mr.. Ackley of the Field Columbian
Museum in collecting big game..animals
in the same portions of Africa which
Mr.. Roosevelt will visit, will be valu-
able asset to the expedition. Mr.. Heller
has had large experience in animal col
Letting in Alaska, British Columbia,
United States, Mexico, Central Amer
lea and South America. In the year
1898 he made collection trip of eleven
months to Galapagos Islands starting
from San Francisco. He is born en-
thusiastic collector as we'll as we'll
equipped naturalist. He is also author
of scientific papers on mammals, birds,
reptiles and fishes. At present he is
assistant curator of the Museum of
Vertebrate Zoology of the University of
California.
81. Alden Loring is field naturalist,
whose training comprises service in the
biological survey of the Department of
Agriculture and in the Bronx Geological
Park, New York city, as well as on
numerous collecting trips through Brit
ish Columbia, Mexico and United States.
He is about SO years old, of ardent
temperament, and intensely energetic.
In August. September and October,
1908, he made the highest record for
travelling collector, having sent in to
the United States National Museum
900 well prepared specimens of small
mammals in the three months journey
from London through Sweden, Ger
many, Switzerland and Belgium.
Major Edgar A. Hearns, a retired
officer of the Medical Corps of the army,
about 50 years of age, will be the phys
ician of the trip and will have charge of
the Smithsonian portion of the party.
He had twenty-five years experience as
an army doctor and is also we'll known
as naturalist and collector of natural
tory specimens.
| mo fears need be entertained for
the Presidents safety from the attacks
of man or beast, as every member of
the party is an excellent rifle shot.
THE party will reach Mombasa in
April, 1909. No detailed itineracy has
been decided upon; but the general
route will be up the Uganda Railway to
Nalrobi and Lake Victoria Nyanza, a
distance of about $50 miles by rail,
thence crossing into Uganda, and final
ly, passing down the Nile to Cairo.
Much of the hunting will be done in
British East Africa, where the Uganda
railroad can be used as base of sup
plies and means Of ready transportation.
At least one great mountain, possibly
Mount Kenia, will be visited
"Khartoum will be reached, if all
goes well, about April, 1910. The ex-
petition may be expected to spend
about one year on African soil. "
Among the callers at the White
House Saturday was Representative
Humphreys of Washington He has a
reputation as hunter of big game in
Alaska and had long conference with
Mr. Roosevelt concerning the weapons
he should take INTO the Jungle. The
Westerner indorsed the Presidents
choice of 4O.5, the largest calibre
smokeless rifle made in this country.
TOYS! TOYS! TOYS!