The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-03-23
Ex.PREslDENT SAILS AWAY ON
STEAMER HAMBURG TO
DARK CONTINENT.
TO BE IN AFRICA ONE YEAR
Then he win Travel AID Speak ir
Europe rhrss Skilled Naturalists
and His Son Kermit Ac-
company Him.


states, sailed out of New York harbo
at noon to-day on the steamer Ham
burg on the way to his much.heraldet
hunting trip in British East Africa.
On the dock was a large assemblagt
of Mr. Roosevelt's friends. who hat
gathered TO bid him God.speed, and
who cheered him as he stood at the
rail of the steamer waving his hand
and smiling with delight Beside him
stood the three men selected from
hundreds of applicants to accompany
him and assist him i'm collecting the
specimens of African fauna which he
hopes to send back for the enrichment
OF the Smithsonian institution. These
fortunate individuals were Mai Ed.
gar A. Mearns, J. Loring Alden and
Edmund Heller. They comprise the
Smithsonian's expedition. The fifth
member of the little party, and not to
he considered of least importance.
was the ex-presidents second son,
Kermit, who will be the official pho.
tographer of the expedition and, next
to his father. the chief hunter
To Mombasa Via Naples.
Mr.. Roosevelt will 90 via Gibraltar
to Naples, where he will board a
steamer Of the German East African
line for Kilindini harbor. the port of
Mombasa. At the latter place the
party will be joined by r. J. Gun.
ninghame, an Englishman of long ex
perience in Africa, who has been en-.
gagged as general manager and guide.
The party will spend a short time in
Mombasa and then proceed by train
on the Uganda railway to Nairobi,
headquarters of the administration of
British East Africa Protectorate,
city of 1854 Inhabitants, Of whom
579 are Europeans.
On MacMillan's Ranch.
William Northrup Macmillan. for.
merly of St. Louis, owns large es
tate near Nairobi and his big. lux
urious farmhouse will be headquarters
for about six months while the hunt
ers and scientists make trips of vary.
ing length in all directions. IL is i'm
this section that Mr. Roosevelt hopes
TO obtain most Of his specimens, for
tt abounds with animals of all kinds.
The smaller mammals will be trapped.
The supplies of the party are packed
In tin-lined boxes. These boxes when
they have been emptied will be used
as packing cases for the various speci.
mems. Many valuable natural history
specimens have been spoiled by ants
and other insects, II has been found
from experience on other expeditions.
and 1t is to guard against this that
the tin-lined boxes are being taken
along.
Caring for Specimens,
When the specimens have been pre-.
pared they will be carefully packed in
the boxes and ehinned TO Nairobi,
where hey wI Da .TWrIed to the
United states One uf the taxider.
mists vii always be with Mr.. Roose-
welt, and as soon as any big game is
shot by him it will be skinned and
on the spot.
Mr.. Roosevelt will be greatly dis.
appointed II he fails TO kill several
specimens of the white rhinoceros.
This animal is the same as the square
mouthed-rhinoceros and is the nearest
living ally to the type of the extinct
Tichorine or wolly rhinoceros which
lived in England at the close of the
Glacial period.
Journey Across Uganda.
Leaving Nairobi in October the
party will proceed by the Uganda rail
way TO Port Florence, on the shores
Of Lake Victoria Nyanza, where
short stop will be made; then
steamer will be taken to Entebbe, $50
miles away. There a caravan will be
and the journey across Uganda
10 the Nile will be begun It is ex-
pected that the White Nile will be
reached about the first of the year
1910. Lake Albert Nyanza will be
touched at Kibira.
In q general way the course of the |
Nile will be followed to Gondokoro. |
and thence to Khartoum. AT this city |
Mr.. Roosevelt and Kermit will be
oined by Mrs. Roosevelt and they will |
downs the Nile slowly to
Cairo, visiting many points of interest
)n the way
To Speak In European Capitals.
Plans for the remainder of the ex-
two years tour have not
,een decided upon definitely, but the |
ime will be spent in Europe and sew
raj matters OF Importance have been
he will visit Berlin at the
invitation of Emperor William and
While there will deliver an address
lpon the one hundredth anniversary
4 the founding of the University OF
serlin.
From Germany he will go TO France
nd deliver an address at the Sor.
Onne. II has not been learned how
Dng Mr. Roosevelt intends to stay in
lerlin and Paris After his visit In
rance. Mr.. Roosevelt will go to Eng
md, where reception OF great
'armth undoubtedly will be accorded
D him. lie has accepted an invitation
} deliver the Romanes lecture at OK
1rd university and in all probability
le honorary degree OF d, G, L., which