New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-02-22

ence a doctor in the army, should have charge
OF the Smithsonian portion Of tho party. His
prof ssional services as physician to the expedi-
ton undoubtedly will be of the greatest value,
not to speak of his ability we'll known
naturalist and collector of natural history speci-
mems. AS ornithoogist Major Mearns prob
ably is one of the highest authorities, having
made a speciality of bird study for many years
The major was one Of the founders Of the Ameri-
can Ornithologists' Union, and has written
widely on bird subjects. He Is a member Of the
Linnaean Society OF Natural History of New
York, Of the National Geographical Society, Of
the Biological Society of Washington, Of the
American association for the Advancement of
Science and patron Of the American Museum
of Natural History of New York. He Is fifty
three years old.
AS a field naturalist ]. Loring Alden is prob
ably the most efficient and experienced man in
the party. He has made a speciality Of the
smaller mammals, and II is said of him that
where other traps and bats fail he can devise a
trap and select a bait that will lure any of the
smaller wild creatures into captivity. His
training comprises service in the biological sur
vey Of the United States Department of Agri-
culture and in the New York Geological Gardens
in Bronx Park. New York City, we'll
numerous collecting trips through British Amer
lea, Mexico and the United States. He is about
thirty-eight years old. Of ardent temperament
and intensely energetic. In August. September
and October. 1898, he made the highest record
for travelling collector having sent 10 the
United States National Museum nine hundred
well prepared specimens of small mammals In
the three months journey from London through
Sweden. Germany, Switzerland and Belgium.
His home is in Oxego n. Y
OF the party the only one. who has had pre-
vious experience in that section Of Africa
through which the expedition viii journey is Mr..
Edmund Heller. He was associated with Pro-
fessor Carl z. Al1eley and K. D. G. Eliot in the
expedition OF the Field Columbian Museum of
Chicago. which, in 1900, visited the same por-
tions of Africa that the Roosevelt expedition
will cover. Mr.. Heller is graduate of Stanford
University of California and is a thoroughly
trained naturalist, whose special work with this
expedition will be the preparation and preserva-
ton Of the specimens of large animals Having
gone over the ground once he is a valuable asset
TO the expedition. In order that he might
company Mr.. Roosevelt, his release from his
position assistant curator of the Museum Of
Vertebrate Zoology of the University of Cali
fornia secured by the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. Mr. Heller has had largo experience in
animal collecting in Alaska, British Columbia,
ths United States. Mexico, Central America and
South America, In 1898 he made collection
trip Of eleven months to the Galapagos Islands.
starting from San Francisco He is an enthu-
siastic collector. as well a natively equipped
naturalist. OF numerous scientific papers
mammals BIRDS reptiles and fishes he is the
author. Mr.. Heller's home is at Los Gatos Cal.
SON OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
Kermit Roosevelt, the Presidents second son.
a young man Of nineteen years, is to be the
Official photographer OF the expedition. His col
lection Of photographs Of animals and scenes
will be made Of in scientific way and as
Illustrations for books and articles which his
father will write. Young Mr.. Roosevelt is a
student at Harvard University and a great IA