The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-05
OCCUPY
TWO CARS IN BIC
SPECIAL Of WILSON
Never Before Have So Many
Newspaper Men Gone on
Presidential Tour - Red
Cross Girls Offer Smokes.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Correspondent Of The News
SeimItaPl,

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Correspondent OF The News
Selmitarl,
EN- ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT |
WILSON, Sept. 5.-Speaking of royal
rams, there was nothing like this on
me road to Rome or through England
or France when President Wilson
toured Europe. Comfort-that great de-
sire OF the American wayfarer-is not
lacking on this, tho most pretentIous
train that has said good-by to the
Union station at Washington In many
In Europe. it was the president who
enjoyed the pleasures Of a private
lounging car and private dining car
while members of his party got along
as best they could with wartime 40
train on which Mr.. Wilson is stunnpins
the country on behalf Of the peace
treaty was not determined by him but
by the retlnue OF correspondents, secret
service men, secretaries and attaches.
] The president and Mrs. Wilson and
1 Private Secretary Tumulty and Admiral
Grayson, physician, constitute the main
presidential party-an unusually small
number, But there are at least 75 ner- |
sons whose business II is TO accompany
Mr.. WilSon--those who are charged by
Jaw with the protection OF his life and
those who are sent by the newspapers
Of the United States and Europe to tell
the world what sort of reception Mr..
Wilson gets and what he says on hia
series Of speeches.
Have Two Oars.
Messrs. Taft and Roosevelt took cor
respondents along, too, but on none of
those trips did the newspapers send as
many reporters as are going along to-
day, They represent newspapers Of
every shade of political opinion, Their
railroad fare and expenses are, Of
course, paid by the Individual news,
papers 50 that in no sense are they
guests Of either the government or Mr..
Wilson Eight cars seemed TO have been
needed TO take care of the whole party
Tor 80 days Of travel or the 10000 mile
itlnerary. lnasmueh as the correspond
ents must do most of their work be.
tween stations, compartment cars were
leased by them and a walk along the
corridors sees them pounding type
writers ~ineessantly. The newspaper men
have two compartment cars, the secret
House staff Of secretaries and stenogv
raphers a fourth car. The president
and Mrs, Wilson have a private car In
which they dine privately and there Is a
dining car for the other members Of the
party. The baggage Of the whole en-
sary supplies for the diner occupy n
other. Fortunately the baggage coach
Is one of those combination affairs with
half space fitted up as q club car SO
there Is opportunity for relief from
what might otherwise be 80 days con
Nnement In rather close quarters.
IT was q busy day at the White
House. Everybody was preparing for
the so days 1aunt with foreKnowledge
Of the short stops en- route that would
forbid waits for laundry. More than
onSe did one hear The refrain Of thirty
number Of attaches made eleventh hour
excursions to haherdashers 10 acquire
q goodly surplus OF wearing apparel.
Small Crowd at Station.
There was the usual handful Of PEG.
PIE 70 say good bye at the station at
Washington, for the coming and going
of presidents in the national capital Is
not enough To draw folks away from
their dinners. and Mr.. Wilson went
away at pm. Bernard NJ. Baruch and
perts on the American peace mission Al
Paris. were ct the station, and chatted
with Mr.. Wilson. They had been pre-
pairing material for the presidents
speeches, no doubt, for they saw him
during the day. Presumably the presi-
dent intends to dwell OF the Importance
to America from a financial point of the
treaty. and its PREPARATION commission,
and why they should be put into opera
ton at once to help the commerce of
America In the immediate future.
AS we rode into Baltimore unan-
nounced, the only persons to greet Mr..
Wilson were q half dozen Red Cross
nurses who meet all trains and supply
cigaretts, chocolate and whatnot. Yes.
they, are still on duty and they told the
president they would be or the job until
Sept, 20 anyway. He said he supposed
all the troops would be back BY then
or would be through travelling, to which
the Red Cross girls nodded assent. Pos
sibly they were reminded Of Mr., will
sons speech In which he styled himself
8 member Of the A, =. r. when he
months stay, and possibly they did 1t
out of courtesy, but they Offered Mr..
Wilson cigArets,
! don't smoke, thanks" was Mr..
Some s~andwchesY' they inquired.
president e9s; no; As TN b. al pd MIsd up" s Ss The the
whence issued the lingering edors Of
the evening meal. The president walked
the station platform q bit. and the train
pulled out as unceremoniously as II
pulled IN. There were no triumphant
Whenever MI. wilson's train passed
anywhere In Europe
Plenty Of Noise.
But as for noise, there probably
will be sufficient of II before the trip
is over, as the itinerary calls for
many q street parade and many a
meeeting in those reverberating audi
toriwns wheer the people Of Amer
ioa have learned TO cheer presi-
dents. and would-be presidents. regard
less of party. And, besides. the peo-
pie haven't seen much of Mr.. Wilson
since he took the oath OF office even
though they elected him twice, Not a.
word OF third -terrn politics does one
hear as the trip begins. Not much OF
the campaign flavor of attending COM
mitteemen and politicians is apparent.
The journey starts out with the presi-
dent solemnly intent on making the
fight of his lie, to stir the country to
use its characteristic powers Of per-
suasion to get Americas foreign policy
defined ~ America stands at the part
ing of the ways.