University Missourian., 1908-11-06
ROOSEVELT WILL
DEPART MARCH 13
Plans for the Presidents
Hunting Trip in Dark
Continent.
HAS PERMIT FROM ENGLAND
Fifty Native Guides Will
Conduct Party Through
Central Africa.
HAS PERMIT FROM ENGLAND

NEW 1ORN, NOV. O.-frOm an eNcel
lent authority it has been learned thai
President Roosevelt plans to leave New
York on March l3, nine days after th'
Inauguration, by the North German
Lloyd liner kOenig Albert, for Naples
via Gibraltar, where the liner is due or
March 25. Besides his son Kermit, ht
will be accompanied by a professor from
the Smithsonian Institution, and an Off
cial from the Navy Department. They
have not yet been chosen, but several
are under consideration.
From Naples, President Roosevelt and
his party will travel on one of the Ger
man East African steamers to Nam
bassa, via the Suez Canal and Alden, a
sea journey of seventeen days including
stops.
So far no arrangements have been
made for the six months the party will
spend in Uganda province, between the
coast and Port FlOrerce, distance of
5S4 miles. On Lake Victoria Nyanza
the party will embark for Entebbe, in
Central Africa. One thing certain is
that Mr.. Roosevelt will not enter the
Congo territory.
Invitation From Mr.. Mcmillan.
President Roosevelt has received an
invitation from Mr.. Mcmillan, nephew
of the late Senator James Mcmillan
of Detroit, who owns fifty thousand
acres of forest mountain and Jungle in
the Nairobi district of Uganda, to shoot
over his estates and use the comfortable
shooting boxes that have been erected
in various sections where big game is
to be found
The President is scheduled to arrive
at Entebbe early in December. where
his native pOrters, hunters and guides
will be waiting to conduct him through
Central Africa, exploring some of the
tributaries of the Nile and eventually
landing him at Gondokoro, the frontier
post of the SOudan some time toward
the end of April, 1910. The number of
natives to be employed on that part of
the journey has not yet been settled,
but it is estimated that somewhere
around fifty will be needed Each man
will carry on an average load of fifty
pounds on his head.
From Entebbe the distance to be COW
cred on foot and by boat on the rivers
and lakes to KhartOum, where it is eX-
pected that Mrs. Roosevelt will prob
ably join the party, will be about 5000
miles. The journey from GondOkoro by
steamer will take eleven days and the
vessels leave once a month.
How Party Will Travel.
From khartoum the railway journey
across the desert to Wadi-Halfa on the
second cataract of the Nile, takes thirty
six hours, and from that point there is
A regular steamboat service down to As
'Ouan, on the first cataract, and Cairo.
total water journey of 900 miles.
The time taken from Wadi -Halfa de-
bends on the length of the stay the
'arty will make at Aboo Simbul, Phylae,
luxor and other points of interest on the
'anks of the River Nile The usual pas
age for tourists down is about two
weeks.
From the British Government the
resident has received a permit to kill
S much game as he likes, but it is un-
erstood that he will 60 to Africa more ,
n the interest of science than to kill
nimals for the mere sport of it. The
resident will have no difficulty in keep
1g in touch with the outer world.
neither in the British or German East
frican protecorates.
Telegraph wires now cover the district
/ all directions. An expert who has :
ade the same journey through Africa .
lree times from the east coast to the
lie, says that the climate in the inter-
r was healthy for white men if they :,
lily took ordinary precaution to safe :,
lard themselves against disease. q
The country teens with interest for .
le hunter and naturalist from the time :,