The Somerset reporter., 1908-11-12
Roosevelt off to Africa March 10.

The New York Times says that
President Roosevelt plans to leave
New York on March 10, nine days
after the Inauguration, by the koeing
Albert for Naples, via Gibraltar,
where the liner is due March 20. His
expressed desire is to get away as
soon az possible so as not to embar-
rass Mr.Taft in his new office. Be
sides his son Kermit, who will take
photographs of big game in Africa he
will be accompanied by a professor
from the Smithsonian Institution and
an officer from the navy department.
They have not yet been chosen, but
several are under consideration. One
will have knowledge of medicine, SO
that when the party leaves the
Uganda railroad and plunges into the
unbeaten paths of the Eastern African
forest members of the expedition may
be properly cared for.
From Naples Mr.. Roosevelt and his
party will travel on one of the Ger
man East African steamers to NOM
hasa, via the Suez canal and Alden,
sea journey of II days.
So far no arrangements have been
made for the six months The party
will spend in Uganda Province, be
tween the coast and Port Florence,
distance of 5S4 miles. On Lake
Victoria Nyanza the party will en-
bark for Entebbe, in Central Africa.
President Roosevelt has received
an invitation from Mr.. Mcmillan,
nephew of the late Senator James
Mcmillan of Detroit, who owns 10000
acres of forest mountain and Judge in
the Nairobi district of Uganda, to
shoot over his estate and use the
comfortable shooting boxes that have
been erected where big game Is
TO be found,
The President il 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 Gond- .
okoro, the frontier post OF the Sou
dan, SOME time toward the end OF
April, 1910. 1t is estimated that DO
natives will be needed. Each man
will carry on an average load of 90
pounds on his head.
The President will not follow the
beaten paths of travellers and hunt
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or on any part of his journey in
Africa, but will strike out on new
tracks for himself.
From Entebbe the distance to be
covered on foot and by boat on the
rivers and lakes to Khartoum, where
it is expected that Mrs. Roosevelt will
probably join the party, will be
about 5000 miles.
From the British government the
President has received a permit to
kill as much game as he likes, but 1t
is unde rstood that be will go to Africa
more in the interest of science than to
kill animals for the mere sport OF 1t.
t is probable that he will confine
himself to one specimen Of each kind
of large and small game, including
lions, elephants, rhinoceroses and
crocodiles.
The President will have no difficulty
in keeping in touch with the outer
world, whether in British or German
East Africa protectorates. Tele-
graph wires now cover the district III
all directions, and where the station
is some distance away native runners
are employed to take messages.
The country teens with interest for
the hunter and naturalist from the
time he lands on the East African
coast until he reaches Egypt.