Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-22
ROOSEVELT TO
SPEND YEAR
IN AFRICA
FOLLOWED BY TWELVE
MONTHS TOUR OF EUROPE
President Proposes 10 Enjoy
Life as Private Citizen viii
Accept No Favors From For
eign Governments,

aFti hHNifks on shuffn =, WIN H}0 if-
tirement as twenty sixth president OF
the United States. completed over
twenty-five years Of public service,
has decided to take a rest ana rccroa-
ton In a two-years' trip ahroud. half
Of which win be spent Ia Africa un-
der the British flag az a fauual nat
u~raiist. and the other half in Europe
visiting at least three or the big capt.
tails. At the head Of u scientific ex-
petition outfitted by the Smithsonian
Institute OF Washington he viii With
his son, Kermit, and three American
nnturallsia Of note---MnJor Edgar A
Mearns. ] Isoring Alden ana Edmund
ileiier-makc a collection Of mann
mails, birds, reptiles, insects ana bo-
tanical specimens Of Central Africa
which viii be deposited in the United
States National museum ut Washing
ton.
Tho party leave New York CITY
about the middle Of March, going bs
the Mediterranean route 60 Gibraltar
and Naples. Al Naples the members
OF the expedition VIII board a steam
er Of the German East African line
for Kilindini harbor, Mombusa Isl
and. They viii arrive at the East
African port toward the end Of Aprll,
proceed by the Uganda railway 10
Nairohi. spend six months there, then
continue by rail to Port Florence,
Lake Victoria Nyanza. making "A to-
tal distance Of 5S4 miles by rail The
expedition viii cross Uganda hy cara
van. and, finally pass dawn the whole
length OF the Nile. reaching Khartoum
about April. 1910. Much of the hunt
ing and specimen collecting VIII be
DOM In British East Africa. where
the Uganda railway VIII be used as u
means Of ready transportation from
Nairobi. which viii De tho base OF
supplies.
At khnrtoum. 1t ~ expected, the
president ana his son Win be Joined
by Mrs. Roosevelt, who win accom-
fany them on their trip 10 Europe.
The natiiralists Of The party viii pro-
coed direct to the United states from
Egypt. Mr.. Roosevelt probably win
remain in Continental Europe and
Great britain about one year. having
accepted invitations to deliver the RIO
names lecture at oxford university. an
address at tho Surbonno In Paris and
a lecture before the students Of tho
University Of Berlin.
Long has II hoen the desire Of Mr..
Roosevelt 60 make u hunting tour
into the hcnrt Of Africn. he has mnde
numerous trips IN search Of big game
IN every part Of the United Stntos
where such animals mako their abode.
For years he has been an ardent hunt
or and a writer of hunting stories
Same AY his h.nIa on IA. as.It..t 49,.
Hunting Trips Of u Ranchmnn." writ
ton from his experiences white on a
North Dakota ranch, when he spent
twO years raising cattle, Ranch Life
ana Hunting TRAIL "Tho wilderness
Hunter. The Deer Family" Outdoor
PastimeA Of nm American Hunter IA
the latter volume ho refers to tho
sport IN these words,
From the days OF Nimrod TO our
own there have boon mighty hunters
before the Lord. and most wHrlike aud
masterful rnccs have taken kindly 10
the chase. as chief among those rough
pastlmos which appeal naturally to
men with plenty Of rod blood In thcir
veins
one might think Mr.. Roosevelt de-
sircs "a emulate tho earlier among
the great conquering kings of Egypt
and Aesyria whom. hc says. hunted
the elephant and tho wild bull. ns
wei as the lions with which tho coun
Try swarmed. ana TiElnth pncscr the
First, who as ovcr-lord OF phoouicia
embarked On the Mediterranean and
there Killed il "sca monster" pro-
sumnbly a whale feat which. Mr.
Roosevelt declares. "hns boon par
nlleiod hy ne sport loving sovereign
Of modern times. save by that stout
hunter, the German kaiser. although.
] believe. the present English king.
like several members of his family.
has slain both elephants and tigers
before no came to tho throne"
speaking of tho great hunting
grounds Of The world. AIR Roosevelt
says hat there remain only three in
tho present century South Africa g.
the trur hunter paradise. ln his
opinion II the happy hunting grounds
10 be found anywhere IN this
world. SAYS he they lav between tho
Orange and To, 2amhcsi aud extend
nofihward hero ana there 10 the Nile
countries and S0malfiand Nowhere
ARE there such multitudes OF
game representing so man, and such ,
different kinds OF animals or &
size such beauty such Infinite p
" should have 90 eo back
- the fauna az p~ieistoc'uc to- ro its O.
equal II IS Co this section Of the {
mat he is now bound =
Having been 20 public life almost q
continually since Do was graduated
from Harvard university in 1850 Z
serving the people in the canaclty OF I
assemblyman ga New York state civil q
COMMISSIONS nf the United 1
Statcs. president ~ tho police board In 4
York City. assistant secretary 81 p
fho navy Of tho United States. colonel y
% the First United States Volunteer u
Cavalry in the Spanish war. cover 4
nor OF tie state Of New York vice i
president 81 the United states. and ,
as president 81 tho nation. tho b
gift in the pnwer o. the peo- 2
pie of the country-Mr Roosevelt a
feels that ne has earned tho right e. q
put In n portion of his time In the Z
sport which most appeals 10 him Hc
proposes 10 spend two years away -