The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1909-03-19
ROOSEVELT READY FOR
THE TRIP TO AFRICA
4 Busy Week Ahead Of the
Ex-presIdent
TRYING OUT OF THE NEW GUNS
Big Family Reunion, Conference
VITA His Editorial Associates.
Farewells To His Friends And The
Disposition OF His Business Aft
fairs Will Keep MIR. Roosevelt On
The Go-Some OF The Equipment
For The Expedition.

Ihc GO--DOme III Inc EqutpuicAC
For The Expedition.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. Especially -
Former President Roosevelt and Mrs.
Roosevelt walked Sunday from Saga
more Hill to Christ Episcopal Church
for the morning service, and after
ward returned home on foot, covering
in all six miles. Several callers were
received by Mr. Roosevelt during the
afternoon.
The former chief executive has en-
tered upon the final week of prepa-
ration for the Roosevelt-Smithsoni
African expedition. 1t will be busy
week, as considerable packing OF the
personal outfits of Mr.. Roosevelt and
his son, Kermit, remains to be done,
and business affairs of the former
President also will require some of
his time. These latter matters will
be set in order in anticipation of at
least a two-year absence abroad.
Farewells to numerous friends AMI
relatives are to be said and visit
to Hoboken Is contemplated to in
spect the party's quarters aboard the
steamer and see that the outfit of the
expedition is safely slowed away
where is can be quickly reached and
transhipped at Naples One day of
the week will be devoted to a family
reunion at Sycamore Hill. In adj
dition to all this, Mr.. Roosevelt will
spend some time each day, as is his
habit, in outdoor exercise, and he
hopes also to have a-chance early in
the week to try out the rifles he will
use during the hunt on the, target
range near his home. His duties as
a magazine editor will take him to
New York several times during the
week, and there he will be busy die
tating articles for publication. 1t is
expected also that during the week
the Smithsonian members of the ex-
petition will come to Oyster Bay
for a final conference with Mr..
Roosevelt.
There will be numerous boxes
and trunks to pack with articles COM
prising the personal effects of Mr..
Roosevelt and Kermit. Each has
provided himself with large supply
of clothing for tropical wear. Mr..
Roosevelt has over dozen pairs of
shoes and boots of leather and rub
Der. Some are hobnailed and others
rubber soled. They range from the
ordinary styles to those with tops
extending above the knees. Khaki
cloth is the principal material from
which the outer clothing of Mr..
Roosevelt and Kermit is made. Sew
raj suits made from waterproof ma
terial are included in each outfit.
The rifles of Mr.. Roosevelt and his
son will receive more care than any
thing else in their equipment. These
are inclosed in special cases, made
completely water-tight The photo
graphic kit of the expedition of
which Kermit Roosevelt has charge,
he being the official photographer,
is a model of its kind. The young
man is very proud of 1t and feels
that the photographs he is to make
are to be of as great Importance as
the specimens of animals his father
will shoot for the National Museum.
These photographs will form scien-
tific collection of themselves. The
steamer Hamburg, on which the
members of the expedition will make
the first leg of their trip, will reach
Hoboken toward the latter part of
the week, and Mr.. Roosevelt and
Kermit, accompanied probably by
Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel, will
look over the staterooins and also
see that everything is carefully plac-
ed in a safe and accessible position
in the hold.
During the latter part of this week
| Mr.. Roosevelt's sons Theodore, Jr.,
who is employed at Thompsonville,
| CT; Archibald who is attending
school at Groton, Mass, and Quen-
tin. now at the Episcopal High
School, Alexandria Va.-will come
home to attend a family reunion.
Mrs. Nicholas 'Longworth, Mr.. Roose-
elt's elder daughter, also is expected
| at Sycamore Hill.