The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27
ROOSEVELT SAILS
Former President Starts for
Hunt in Africa.
CROWD BIDS HIM FAREWELL
Accompanied by Son Kermit, PLY.
sicIan and Naturalists He Departs
on the Hamburg-WiII Lecture In
Three European Cities.

new. YORK, Mar. 13.-TheOdOre
Roosevelt, ex-president of the United
States. sailed out of New York harbor
to-day ON the steamer Hamburg on the
way to his much heralded hunting trip
In British East Africa.
On the dock was large assemblage
: Of Mr.. Roosevelt's friends, who had
gathered to bid him God-speed, and
who cheered him as he stood at the
rail Of the steamer waving his hand
and smiling with delight. Beside him
stood the three men selected from
hundreds of applicants to accompany
him and assist him in collecting the
specimens Of African fauna which he
hopes to send back for the enrichment
Of the Smithsonian institution. These
fortunate individuals were Maj. Ed
gar A. Mearns, j. Loring Alden and
Edmund Heller. They comprise the
smithsonian's expedition. The fifth
member Of the little party, and not to
be considered of least Importance, was
the ex-president's second son, Kermit,
who will be the official photographer
Of the expedition and, next to his
father, the chief hunter.
To Mombasa Via Naples.
Mr.. Roosevelt will go via Gibraltar
to Naples, where he will board a
steamer Of the German East African
line for Kilindini harbor, the port of
Mombasa At the latter place the
party will be Joined by r. J. Cum
ninghame, an Englishman of long ex-
perience in Africa, who has been en-
gagged as general manager and guide.
The party will spend short time in
Mombasa and then proceed by train
on the Uganda railway to Nairobi,
headquarters Of the administration of
British East Africa Protectorate,
city Of 1854 Inhabitants, of whom
$40 are Europeans.
William Northrup Macmillan, for.
merly Of st. Louis, owns large
estate near Nairobi and his big, lux
urious farmhouse will be headquarters
for about six months while the hunt
ers and scientists make trips of vary
ing length in all directions. 1t is in
this section that Mr.. Roosevelt hopes
to obtain most of his specimens, for
it abounds with animals Of all kinds.
The smaller mammals will be trapped.
Caring for Specimens.
When the specimens have been pre-
pared they will be carefully packed in
the boxes and shipped to Nairobi.
where they will be forwarded to the
United States. One Of the taxider-
mists will always be with Mr.. Roose-
velt, and as soon as any big game is
shot by him it will be skinned and
prepared on the spot.
Mr.. Roosevelt will be greatly dis.
appointed If he fails to kill several
snecimens of the white rhinoceros
This animal is the same as the square
mouthed.rhinocero and is the nearest
living ally to the type Of the extinct
Tichorine or woolly rhinoceros which
lived in England at the close Of the
Glacial period.
Journey Across Uganda.
Leaving Nafrobi in October, the
party will proceed by the Uganda rail-
way to Port Florence, on the shores
of Lake Victoria Nyanza, where
short stop will be made, then
steamer will be taken to Entebbe, $50
miles away. There caravan will be
formed and the journey across
Uganda to the Nile will be begun. It
. expected that the White Nile Will