The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-10-11
HOW TAT I AND
|. D|Az WILL MEET
IcLlMAx OF PRESIDENTS LONG
TRIP AT Ell eAso NEXT
SATURDAY.
MANY TROOPS PRESENT
Mexicans Have Cleaned House
Around Juarez, and All unde.
sirabies Have Been Sent
South-Big Occasion.

San Antonio. Tex. Oct. 10.--Presi-
dent Taft's journey through Texas,
beginning October iG end ending o.
tober "a, opens With The nj ~
formal Of all affairs that aav, era
acteIized his swing around the 9ini;el
States At the border uf the tareeg
state in the union. be will greet tlss
president Of anotfef reeab ie. isa
will jpst shake hands with Preside :
Diaz Of Mexico On t..e Teas side III
the Rio Grande.
After an all day stay at FL 3aso.
the president starts on another long
jump, San Antonio being his next
stop and there he is to accept on be-
half of the United States army a
magnificent chapel and library build
ling, the gift of San Antonians. as an
appreciation OF the American soldier.
Following a days visit in San An
tonic, the president viii leave for his
brothers ranch at Corpus Christi for
four dav Of rest Thea he Will make.
lin quick succession stops at Houston
land Dallas, on his way to st. Louis.
Texas will uphold it's enl In tho
way Of breakfasts. luncheons and ham
Duets, and the presGent should tinl
much diversion, because Of the varied
and interesting features of the Texan
program.
On his brothers ranch the preri-
dent and members OF his party will
have the opportunity to relax after
their strenuous trip. Formalities will
be eliminated as far as possible when
the president goes ranehing. On the
ranch ne is expected to join in hunt
for wildcats.
He will visit for the first time the
lt6wn OF aaft, named iii his fonr.
which now has population OF coo.
The climax feature of the thirteen
Thousand mile tour of President Taft
comes at El Paso, where he will meet
| the executive OF the Mexican Repuh-
lie. Gen. Porfiro Diaz, For the first
time during his long reign as the
president Of N'eyico. Diaz Ii to leave
the confines of his domain. cross the
Rio Grande river at El Paso. and there
set foot on foreign .,oil, It required
a special concession from the Mexican
congress In order that the illnstrions
Mexican might grasp the hand Of the
imam who has been honored with the
bfnhnrf nfffoA nf ba Initial a.
Meetinn Diaz.
Eleven O'Clock IL She hour set for
1.-THE meeting of the two presidents on
American territory Preceding that
hour there will be some formal eere-
monies, including the singing of both
the American and Mexican anthems
Iby hundreds of children stationed on
this side Of the boundary of the two
countries. There will be salutes for
these high dignitaries. in which the
armies of both republics will partiei.
pate.
From San Antonio. more than six
HUNDRED miles east ur Ell Paso, where
| Ks located one of the large military
garrisons Of this country. viii come
| to the border in ten trains. the Ninth
Infantry, which has magnificent war
lrecord. the Third Regiment Of cayal-
Try one half of the Third field artillery
Iregiment. the Signal Corps and the
Hospital Corps. Their number will be
augmented at T.! Paso by the Nine
Iteenth Infantry from Fort Bliss.
| THESE troops under command of Brig.
Gen. Albert l.. Myer, will stand at
Iattention on the pana of the river
facing Mexico, while General Diaz Is
crossing to the United States where
he will receive the presidential salute.
Mexican troops, il similar formation
and on their home territory win ae-
cord like honor to President Taft
while he is visiting Mexico. imme-
idately after General Diaz returns 10
his country, the troops brought from
San Antonio will board trains for
Concluded on Sixth Pags.t