The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-04
ROOSEVELT
SAILS NOV. Is
Takes Passage Then for Afri-
can Hunt
PERMIT TO KILL GAME
Besides Kermit, Professor from Smith
sonian Institution and Navy
Department Man viii GO
With Him.

New York, Nov. 4.--The Times yes
terday said that President Roosevelt
plans to leave New York on March 10,
nine days after the Inauguration, by the
koenig Albert for Naples, via Gibraltar,
j where thel ined Is due March 25. His ex-
pressed desire TO get away as soon as
possible so as not TO embarrass Mr.. Taft
in his new Office.
/ Besides his son, Kermit, who will take
photographs of big game in Africa, he
will be accompanied by professor from
the Smithsonian institution and an Off
Ger from the navy department. They
have not yet been chosen, but several
are under consideration. One will have
a knowledge Of medicine, so that when
the party leaves the Uganda railroad
and pmnges into the unbeaten paths
of the Eastern African forests members
of the expedition may be properly. cared
for.
From Naples Mr.. Roosevelt and his
party will travel on one of the German
East African steamers TO Mombassa, 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, between the
coast and Port Florence, distance OF
4s5 miles. On Lake Victoria Nyanza
the party will embark for Entebbe, in
Central Africa.
President Roosevelt has received an in
vitation from Mr.. Mcmillan, nephew of
the late Senator James Mcmillan of De-
troit, who owns 100000 acres of for
est, mountain and jungle in the Nairom
district of Uganda, to shoot over his es-
tates and use the comfortable shooting
boxes that have been erected 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 Cen
trail Africa, exploring some of the .tribu-
taries of the Nile and eventually landing
him at Gondokoro, the frontier post Of
the Soudan some time toward the end
of April 1910. 1t is estimated that so
natives win be needed. Each man viii
carry on an average load Of so pounds
on his head.
The president will not follow the beat.
en- paths of travellers and hunters in the
East African Protectorate, or on any
part of his journey in Africa, but will
strike out on new tracks for himself.
From Entebbe the distance to be COW
cred on foot and by boat on the rivers
and lake to Khartoum, where it is sx-
pected that Mrs Roosevelt will probably
join the party, will be about 5000 miles.
From the British government the pres
ident has received a permit to kin as
much game as he likes, but it is under
stood that he win go to Africa more in
the interests Of science than to kill ami
mails for the mere sport of it. 1t is
probable that he viii confine himself to
one specimen of each kind of large and
small game, including lions, elephants,
and crocodiles.
The president viii have no difficulty
in keeping in touch with the outer world,
whether in the British or German East
African protectorates Telegraph wires
now cover the district in 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 .4lrican coast until
he reaches Egypt.