The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-03-26
ROOSEVELT ON
WAY TO AFRICA
Ship Bearing Him and His Party
sails Today
DUE At NAPLES APRIL 3

Crowd Sees Former President off at
Hoboken Pier-Youngster's Good
" ishes Bring Smile to His Face
The Hamburg, Carrying Him to Eu-
rope, and the Admiral, on Which
He Will 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 off her
lines from her Hoboken pier this
morning and to the music of the
whistles of numerous ferryboats, tugs
and other vessels sailed down the bay
with heI distinguished passenger.
Accompanying Mr. Roosevelt-or
Colonel Roosevelt, as some wise re-
porters addressed him on the pier this
morning, winning thereby a smile
are his son, Kermit Roosevelt; Ma
jor Edgar A. Mearns, medical corps,
U. s. A, retired; Edmund Heller
and J . Alden Loring. The last named
three men accompany Mr.. Roosevelt
as representatives of the Smithsonian
institution, while the younger Roose-
welt is official photographer of The ex-
petition.
Crowd on the Pier
The long pier to which the Ham
burg was moored was damned this
morling with persons gathered to see
the Roosevelt party sail. They made
the D;er 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.
quency with which he lifted his hat in
response to greetings. To a request
for a formal statement of his plans
Mr.. Roosevelt returned a smiling de-
NAL. TT 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 x-president, who seemed then
little tired of smiling.
Two Fine Ships to Carry Party
The Hamburg is due at Naples on
April 3. Mr.. Roosevelt and his party
will remain in the italian city two
DAYS. sailing thence on the Admiral of
tn 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 conven-
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, a
member of the we'll known English
Quaker family, which is situated at
Kilima Thed, Kapiti plains, British
East African Protectorate, and re-
main there for three months during
fha baavv rains
AfterW ard the Roosevelt party will
go to Nairobi and pay a 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
nences in order to do the thirty-seven
days march in Gondokoro in fine
weather
1t is expected that the Roosevelt
expedition will complete its trip
through the dark continent in the
spring of next year, reaching Cairo
about April l, 1910.