Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-01-14
NO LIMIT ON
ROOSEyELT'S HUNT
President Privileged to Shoot Any
Animal In Africa.
! GAME LAWS THROWN ASIDE.

British Authorities, by Special cour-
tesy, Give Him Permission to Kill
What He Pleases and as Much as
He can-Hunting License Free.
By special courtesy of the authori-
ties In British East Africa Theodore
Roosevelt will be privileged to shoot
in range of his gun, whether or not it
is preserved against ordinary hunters.
Mr. Roosevelt will be privileged also
to shoot at as many of each particular
species of beast, bird or reptile as he
pleases, whether or not the game law
forbids lesser Nimrods to kill more
courtesy the British authorities will
present n hunting license, which ordi-
narily costs $3.50, to Mr.. Roosevelt and
will not ask tuppence for it.
SO William Northrup Mcmillan Of st.
Louis recently told the New York
Worlds London correspondent. Mr..
Mcmillan, a nephew of former United
States Senator Mcmillan of Michigan,
probably has killed more big game in
South Africa than any other Ameri-
can. He will entertain Mr.. Roosevelt
for few weeks ON his farm near Mai
robi, British East Africa, in a country
that is the big game hunters para
disc. Mr.. Mcmillan has been CORE
spending regularly with Mr.. Roosevelt
since the president decided to so hunt
ing in Africa. has been advising him
on some points and making some ar
rangements looking to Mr.. Roosevclt's
comfort and success. In giving some
interesting details of the presidents
plans Mr.. Mcmillan said:
Il shall not accompany Mr. Roose-
welt on his trip because he wants to
be entirely alone so that he and his
son can do all the shooting. However
arrangements have been made with
Richard Cunningham. young Scotch
gentleman, who speaks several Afri-
can languages perfectly and is thor
oughly up on big game shooting there,
to take charge of the equipment of the
expedition and to manage it. Besides
Mr. Cunningham two experts from
Washington will go along to treat and
preserve the trophies of the chase,
and, l think, an expert in woodcraft
from California will be Of the party
The working part of the expedition
will consist most likely of couple OF
gun carriers, Il cook, the personal serv-
Nsl. aT.iG hn Will
act as sentries and keep watch of the
porters, of whom there will be fifty. al!
natives, each carrying the regular load
of sixty pounds. 4 few ponies may
be taken along for trekking.
mfr Roosevelt will land in Nom
basa. in British East Africa. the ter
minus of the Uganda railway, on
April %. Almost Immediately he will
take the railway and travel to Mucha-
hos Road station, 200 miles northwest
OF Mombasa. At Muchakos Road sta
tion he Will leave the railway and
travel twenty miles to pay fort
nights visit to Sir Alfred Pease. an
old friend, who has hunted with the
president in America. Colonel SiI
James Hayes Sadler. governor of Brit
ish East Africa, and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Jackson, who is in charge Of the
department Of hunting. will meet Mr.
Roosevelt at Sir Alfred Pease's farm.
Prom there Mr. Roosevelt will move
up to my place, twenty-three miles
from Nairobi, and will spend two OF
three weeks with me before plunginl
into the wilds. He will go some 15(
miles TO the northwest into Uganda
and the country surrounding Lake
Victoria Nyanza. After this his route
is uncertain. | suggested one route
others have suggested different ones
Mr., Roosevelt wants to decide fol
himself after he sees the country.
Altogether he will cover probably
more than n thousand miles by cara
van After he has hunted enough in
British East Africa, instead of going
straight to Gondakova, the highes
point on the Nile reached by naviga
ton, where the governor Of the SudaT
Will have boat waiting for him, Mr.
Roosevelt most likely will make a de
tour into the Belgian Kongo in the
hope of bagging n white rhinoceros.
The game in the districts Mr.. Roose
welt will pass through includes the ele
phant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, gi
raffe, zebra. eland and many othei
kinds. Usually a hunter must hold {
$3.50 license and make a report Of hi
Kill to the department of hunting, bu
sDeciaI courteSv will no pytandpd II
Mr. Roosevelt. allowing him to shoo
whatever he likes free"
Mr.. Mcmillan calls South Africa hi.
home, but he passes n few months o'
each year in his London house, whicl
is literally filled with trophies Of tht
chase. He viii visit India and return
to his farm near Nairobi before Mr.
Roosevelt lands in Africa.