Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-10
NO LIMIT ON HUNT
President Roosevelt Will be Privileged
to Shoot Any Animal in
Africa.
GAME LAWS THROWN ASIDE
British Authorities by Special C'our.
tesy, Give Him Permission to Kill
What He PieaSes.

BY special courtesy OF the authori-
ties in British East Africa Theodore
Roosevelt will be privileged to shoot /
at any beast, bird or reptile that gets
in range of his gun, whether or not ii |
is preserved against ordinary hunters. |
Mr. Roosevelt will be privileged also |
to shoot ut as many of each particular |
species OF beast, bird or reptile as he |
pleases, whether or not the game law |
forbids lesser NimrOds to kill more |
than certain number. As further |
courtesy the British authorities will !
present hunting license. which ordi- |
narily costs $3.50 to Mr.. Roosevelt aud |
will not ask tuppence for it.
SO William Northrup Mcmillan of St |
Louis recently told the New York |
Worlds London correspondent. MI |
Mcmillan. 4 nephew of former United |
States Senator Mcmillan OF Michigan.
probably has killed more big game i'll
South Africa than any other Ameri
can. He will entertain Mr.. Roosevelt
for few weeks on his farm near Mai
that is the big game hunters para
disc. Mr.. Mcmillan has been CORE
spending regularly with AIr. Roosevelt
since the president decided to go hunt
ing in Africa. has been advising him
on some points and making some ar
Engagements looking to Mr., RoOsevelt's
comfort and success. In giving some
interesting details of the presidents
plans Mr.. Mcmillan said:
Il shall not accompany Mr.. Roose
welt on his trip because he wants TO
be entirely alone so that he and his
son can do all the shooting. However,
arrangements have been made with
Richard Cunningham. a young Scotch
gentleman. who speaks several Afrf-
can languages perfectly and is thor
oughly Up on big game shooting there,
to take charge of the equipmen: of the
expedition and TO manage it. Besides
Mr. Cunningham two experts from
Washington will go along to treat ana
preserve the trophies of the chase.
and. | think, an expert in woodcTaft
from California will be of the party
The working part of the expedition
will consist most likely of n couple OF
gun carriers 4 cook, the personal serv-
ants and several Askaris. who will
act as sentries and keep watch of the
porters, OF whom there will be fifty. al.
natives, each carrying the regular load
of sixty pounds. A few ponies may
be taken along for trekking.
VIII Land April %.
"NIr Roosevelt will land in Nom
hasa. in British East Africa. the ter
minus of the Uganda railway. on
April 30. Almost immediately he will
take the railway ana travel to Mucha-
kos Road station. 200 miles northwest
Of Mombasa. At Muchakos Road sta
| ton he will leave the railway and
| travel twenty miles to pay fort
nights visit to Sir Alfred Pease. an
old friend. who has hunted with the
| president in America. Colonel Sir
James Hayes Sadler. governor Of Brit
| ish East Africa. and Lieutenant Gov
ornor Jackson, who is In charge of the
| department Of hunting will meet Mr.
Roosevelt ut Sir Alfred Pease'S farm.
| "From there Mr., Roosevelt will move
up to ny place. twenty-thrce miles
| from NairOhi. ard will spend two or
| three weeks with me before plunging
I into the wi.ds He will go some $50
miles to the northwest into Uganda
and the country surrounding Lake
Victoria Nyanza After this his route
I is uncertain. | suggested one route:
others haze suggested different ones
i Mr.. Roosevelt wants to decide for
i himself after he sees the country.
! Altogether he will cover probably
i more than a thousand miles by cara
van After he has hunted enough in
Il British East Africa. instead of going
straight to GOndakova. the highest
! point on the Nile reached by naviga-
4 tion. where the governor of the Sudan
will have Il boat waiting for him. Mr.
i Roosevelt most likely will make de-
tour into the Belgian Kongo in the
J hope Of bagging n white rhinoceros.
Tho game in the districts Mr.. Roose-
welt will pass through includes the ela-
plant. lion. buffalo, hippopotamus. gil
!, raffe. zebra. Gland and many other
kinds. Usually hunter must hold n
, $3.50 license and make report Of his
kill to the department of hunting. but
special courtesy will be extended to
Mr. Roosevelt. allowing him TO shoot
, whatever he likes free
Mr.. Mcmillan calls South Africa his
home, but he passes a few months Of
each year in his London house. which
, is literally filled with trophies Of the
chase. He will visit India and return
to his farm near Nairobi before Mr.
Roosevelt lands in Africa.