Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-22

British ana German East Africa
,rossing Uganda and working dowl
The Nile with side trips after animal
and birds. He declared then tina
he Is mo IN the least a game butch
er," saying: Il like to do Il certain
amount Of hunting. but my real an,
main interest Is the interest Of ;
faunal naturalist
In his letter ne expressed the opin.
ion that this trip opened the bes
Nance for the United States Nation.
II museum 10 get q fine collection
not only OF the big game beasts, bu'
Of the smaller mammals and bird
II Africa. and ought not TO be neg
iected.
The President offered TO take with
him several professional field natural
| ists and taxidcrmists who should pre-
Dare and send back the specimens he
Is TO collect, the collection to 60 e
he National museum The president
iaid that AZ an cx-president he should
feel that that institution is the mu-
scum to which his collection should
%. while he would pay the expenses
If himself and his s0n he felt that he
mad not tho means tina would enable
him 10 pay for the naturalists ana
heir Kit n the curing and trans
port OF the specimens for the mu-
scum All he desired to Keep would
be Il few personal trophies of littlc
scientific value which for some rea.
son he might like to Keep. lie said
he actual hunting Of big game ho
would want To do himself or have his
son do.
Seeing the value Of The presidents
proposition, Secretary Walcott imme-
lately set to work. selecting mon t.
form the party, He declared that
three men should form the Smith
'onlan Institutions portion Of thr
narty. The necessary funds for tho
smithsOnian's share of the expense
we're secured from n source which
mas not been rcevaled. 1t is stated
that no part Of these funds was de.
rived from the government a%ppropria-
ton or the income of the Smithsonian
Institution. That it was advanced by
some one interested i'm science there Is
no doubt, ana there have been re-
ports that II was donated by Mr.. An.
lroW Carnegie.
In selecting tho four men to accom-
pany Mr.. Roosevelt the best men T.
The scores OF naturalists Of the coun-
Try were selected It was decided that
Major Edgar A. Mcarns Of the Mcdi-
al Corps OF the United states army,
retired officer who has had twenty
five years experience as n doctor IT.
the army, should have charge of the
smithsonian portion of the party. HD
professional services as physician to
the expedition undoubtedly viii be OF
the greatest value. not TO speak Of
his ability as a wen known naturalis'
md collector Of natural history speci-
mems. As an o%rnithologist, Major
Mearns probably is one al the high
est authorities. having made a spe
uialty Of bird study for many years
The major was one Of the founders
Of the American Ornithologists' unior
and has written widely on bird stvn-
iects. He is a member Of the Lin
aacan Society of Natural History OF
New York, of the National Geographic
al society, Of the biological Society
If Washington, of the American AS
ISOLATION for tho Advancement OF Sci.
and q patron Of the American
Museum OF Natural History of New
York. He Is fifty-three years Of age
AS a field naturalist, Mr. J. LorinR
Alden Is probably the most efficient |
and experienced nan in the party. -
has made q speciality or the smaller
mammals and il Is said Of him that,
whore other traps and bats fail. h,
an devise 4 trap and select a bait
Will lure n of tho smaller wild
into captivity. His train
ng comprises service IN the biologi-
'al survey of the United states de
partmcnt of agriculture and in the
Ncw York Geological gardens in
Bronx park. New York City, as wei
a. on numerous collecting trip,
through British America. Mexico anr
lac United states. lie is about thirty
light years old. Of ardent tempcra.
aud Intensely energetic. n
august, september and October, 1908
40 made the highest record for a
raveling collector, having sent to the
lnitod states National museum soc
veil prepared specimens Of small
mammals in the three months jour
from London; through sweden
iormany, Switzerland and Belgium
lis home Is In Oswcgo, y. Y
or h party the only one who has
previous experience in that sec
ion OF Africa through which the ex-
edition viii journey is Mr.. Edmund
Teller He was associated with Pro-
essor Carr +. Akcloy and Mr.. X. y. .
! Eliot In the expedition Of the
'icld Columbian museum 81 chicago. h,
'hich In 1900. visited the same por
.ons ~ Africa that the Roosevelt
Npedition viii cover. Mr.. Heller Il -,
graduate of Stanford university o ,
and is a thoroughly train
i naturalist, whose special work ,
'ith this expedition viii be the prcpa- :
ana preservation of the speci.
of large animals. Having gon, .
the ground once he is a valuahl, i,
ssct TO the expedition. Ia order tina -
e. might accompany MI. Roosevelt "
les release from his position as as ,
stant curator of the Museum OF g
crtehrate Zoology Of the Universit, u
california was secured by the
mlthsonlan institution. Atr. Heller f"
AS had large experience ia animal 81
ia Alaska. British Column o
Ia, United States, Mexico. Central %
merica and South America. In 1888 q
p made d collection trip Of eleven \
.onths To- the Galapagos Islands. O.
arting from san Francisco. He is 81
enthusiastic collector as well as a
'tivolN equipped naturalist OF ma Il