Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-03-27
ROOSEVELT ON
WAY TO AFRICA
ship Bearing Him and His
Party Sails Today.
DUE AT NAPLES APRIL 3

Crowd Sees Former President Of at
Hoboken Pier Youngsters Good
Wishes Bring Smile to His Face.
The Hamburg, Carrying Him to Eu
rope, and the Admiral, or Which
HE viii Sail For Africa, Among the
Finest Vessels Afoat.
New York, March 23.-Out on the
bosom of the ocean" as the writer's
have it, is Theodore Roosevelt with
his party of lion hunters They are
aboard the Hamburg American line
steamer Hamburg, which cast on her
lines from her Hoboken pier this morn
ing and to the music of the whistles
of numerous ferryboats, tugs and 9th
err vessels sailed down the bay with
her distinguished passenger.
Accompanying Mr.. Roosevelt - or
Colonel Roosevelt, as some wise re
porters addressed him on the pier-are
his son, Kermit Roosevelt, Major Ell
gar A. Mearns, medical corps, U. S A..
retired Edmund Heller and ]. Alden
Loring. The last named three men ac-
company Mr.. Roosevelt as representa-
tives of the Smithsonian institution,
while the younger Roosevelt is official
photographer of the expedition.
Crowd on the Pier.
The long pier to which the Hamburg
was moored was jammed this morn
Ing with persons gathered to see the
Roosevelt party sail. They made the
pier ring with their cheers for the
voyager from the time of his arrival
from New York city until the Ham
burg sailed He was nightly pleased
with the reception and showed his
qualification by his smiles and the fire.
uuency with which he lifted his hat in
response to greetings. To a request
for a formal statement of his plans
Mr.. Roosevelt returned smiling de
NAL ut has all been printed over
and over again." he said. land / have
nothing to say"
Among the most enthusiastic of the
cheering crowd when the Hamburg
moved slowly away from her pier was
a small boy who had crowded to the
very limit permitted by the authorities
of the steamship line. His last cry.
"Goodby. Teddy; take care of your
self" brought smile even to the face
Of the ex-president who seemed then
a little tired Of smiling.
TWO Fine Ships Carry Party.
The Hamburg is due at Naples on
I April 8. Mr. Roosevelt and his party
win remain i'm the italian city two
I days, sailing thence on the Admiral Of
the German East African line on
/ April 5. The Hamburg is one OF the
| finest vessels OF the Hamburg-Ameri
/ can line and is the favorite ship OF
| the German emperor The Admiral is
| her equal in all the comforts and con
! veniences needed for the hot trip
through the Suez canal, down the Red
sea and along the moist and sticky
| coast of East Africa. The Admiral is
due at Mombasa, where the Roosevelt
| party will disembark, on April %.
On his arrival at Mombasa Mr.
Roosevelt and his party will go direct
to the estate of Sir Alfred Pease,
member of the weEl-known English
Quaker family which is situated at
Kilima Theisi, Kapiti plains, British
East African Protectorate, and remain
there for three months during the
heavy rains
! viii Visit American In Africa.
Afterward the Roosevelt party will
go to Nairobi and pay visit to the
estate of Philip Macmillan, who is
head of an American company that
has a concession of 100 square miles
in the. district They will cross Lake
Victoria early in December to enter
Uganda when the dry season com
menoes in order 10 do the thirty-seyen
days march % Gondokoro in fine
weather
II is expected that the Roosevelt
expedition viii complete fits trip
through the dark continent in the
spring of next year reaching Cairo
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