New Britain herald., 1924-10-08

Roosevelt and the big safari.
 Suddenly, from the distance, came the music of a bugle and drum band. playing. alternately British and Belgian bugle marches. And then the long string of porters came round a bend in the road. At their head marched porter, carry ing the large American flag that had accompanied the expedition or the past II months. Immediately be- hind them walked Colonel Roosevelt and Loring. Everybody cheered as they recognized him.
 They had marched in from Chief Kiriba's village, a distance of 16 miles, since 3 o'clock in the morn- ing.
 Immediately behind Col, Roose- welt came Chief kiriba, who was dressed in a khaki suit, the sun helmet and son glasses that I had given him, and the blue puttees. Every now and again he would turn round and urge his band 10 play more vigorously and louder in honor of tho "Kingi va Amcrik."
 l. appeared that Chief kiriba had insisted on playing the colonel into , Gondokoro, for the whole distance of 16 miles, despite the protests of Colonel Roosevelt who wished to shoot as he trayelod into Condo koro. The hand, however, rem derod any game shooting entirely out of tho question.
 Behind the colonel trailcd along { tho mules, tent boys, cooks, saises gun bearers. Salim the headman and his portnrs with their loads, and all tn" other impodimcnts of an African safari. That endless stream into Gondokoro continued for space of three hours. Cunninghamc and H'Ilor were the very last to arrive. took Colonel Roosevelt and Ker- init down 10 the "Dal." where Cap raiu Middleton was introduced tc thom and told how he had been sent up to bring them down to Khartoum by the Sudan government.
 1 Above the "Dal' futtcrcd tho Stars and Stripes: while in the stcrr ! 1oatcd the Sudan flag, and in the | bow th" Egyptian khediyal flag Truly was this an internationa yacht,
 After lunch was over, Kermit ant <, Toriug distinguished themselves by a mos, heroic attempt to rescue { drowning porter. It seemed that while playing on the barge alongside . of th" bal" one Of the portcrs hat pushed another into the Nile. tn fortunately this man could no swim and he had already sunl twice before Kermit and Loring sav what had happened.
 There was a large crowd 0 natives on tho bank, but they mad
 no attempt to rescue the man. Be
 fore Kermit could got to tho side 0
 tho "Dal" and dive in, the man Ina,
 gon" down d third time. Ecrmi
 diNcd repeatedly into the swift
 flowing river in the hope Of findin
 the mans body and saving him; bu
 the current travels here at the rat
 of four miles an hour and all hi
 gallant attempts 10 save the ma
 proved unavailing. Loriug gay
 Kermit ycoman assistance, and bot
 of them We're absolutely indiffcrcn
 to the danger Of the current and th
 numerous Crocodiles.
 The day after Colonel Eooscvc had taken ID his quarters on tn
 IJal. he received two official caller Captain Hanquct, the Belgian com
 mandant of l.ado. and Major Owei [ tho governor Of the Mongalla prov 3 inCc of the Sudan, both came i their own steamers 10 offer VIC come 10 the cX-presidcnt on beha . of their respective governors. That night Colonel Roosevelt gay . a dinner on board the "Dal" 10 eel,
 brate the end Of the expedition, ft l this was virtually the conclusion Q il. Net al the dinner table. he al s uouncnd that while Cunningham { was busy with the packing Of q trophies, Kermit and himself V