The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-21

H~%%~~%~~~A~~NN~4~~%~~~~~~t
= Objective point Of expedition =
= British East Africa. .
= Probable duration Of trip-One =
= year. =
y Object Of expedition--Scientifc =
= research. collecting specimens =
y and hunting. y
= Patron of expedition-Smithson =
. ian Institute Washington. n
. Pcrsonnel-Theodore Roosevelt, =
. Kermit Roosevelt, official pho y
y tographer; J. Alden Loring; =
. field naturalist Of the National .
= Museum; Major A. Mearns, u =
= S. A., ret, physician; Edmund =
= Heller, assistant curator, Mu- =
= scum of Vertebrate Zoology =
y California University, natural y
= ist. R. j Cunninghame, natur- =
y alist, hunter and guide. y
NNNNVNNNNNNNNN
New York March 20-Piled up at
the dock of the German liner Ham
burg, now making ready to sail for
the Mediterranean next Tuesday,
March 23, is a respectable number OF
boxes, mysterious looking cases and
even queerer looking bundles, all Of
which represent the outfit OF the
scientific hunting expedition headed
by ex-President Theodore Roosevelt,
which will sail with the Hamburg"
on the first stage Of its long trip for
British East Africa,
The arrangements for the trip at
this end have been practically COM
pleted and the members Of the ex-
pedition are fully ready for their de-
parture at a momen's notice. The
arrangements at the other, the Afri-
can end, are rapidly progressing and
will be completed long before the
party headed by Mr.. Roosevelt
reaches Mombassa, the starting point
Of the hunting and exploring trip on
the East coast OF Africa for several
months, attending to the details of
the preparations for the trip into the
interior, will have the required camp
ing outfit. provisions and carriers
ready by the time the other members
of the expedition come to join him.
The expedition, the principal OBJ
ject Of which is to obtain specimens
of the large and small animals in
habiting Central Africa and rapidly
becoming scarce with the progress of
civilization in those regions. These
specimens will be shot by Mr.. Roose-
welt and the other members of the
expedition, temporarily prepared and
cured for shipment and are intended
later to become part OF the collection
OF the National Museum in Washing
ton. The expedition is sent out un-
der the auspices of the Smithsonian
Institution, which has engaged the
scientific members of the party and
furnished the necessary supplies, APP
paratus, instruments and chemicals
for the preparation and preservation
OF the specimens, Mr.. Roosevelt and
his son have joined the expedition
principally for the sake Of the inter-
esting experience and the pleasure
they expect to derive from hunting
big game in the fastnesses of Central
African forests and plains,
The steamer Hamburg, with the
Roosevelt party on board, will sail
next Tuesday noon from New York
and will take the members of the ex-
petition to Naples, The personnel
of the expedition includes ex.Presi-
dent, his son Hermit, who interrupted
his studies at Harvard to accompany
the expedition as its o@cial photo
grapher; Major Edgar A, Mearns, U.
s.. ret, an old and experienced army
physician and we'll known ornitholo-
gist, connected with the Smithsonian
Institution; J. Alden Loring, a dist
zoologist with great exper-
fence as field naturalist; Edmond
Heller, assistant curator Of the Mus
cum OF Vertebrate Zoology at the
California University, also noted as
an explorer and naturalist; and R. J.
Cunninghame, an Englishman, who