Show I I MEMBERS MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM H TAFTS PERSONAL TRAVELING TRAvELING STAFF I I A i t r 4 1 yr Gh J t I rae q I z A t f a in 1 V i y I I J s p z v r rF F t II IIa i a p v j a at i t b bi i U L W Wheeler of the United States service who visited Salt lake in advance of President Taft and made ar arrangements arrangements arrangements for his protection I ROM the standpoint of the President FROM F himself much of the success ss of President Tafts great transcontinental tran transcontinental tour Is depending upon what light fight be denominated his personal trav tray staff that is ts the small group of cf rr m n i who are his hie companions throughout lIf ic r l journey and in Salt Lake Lakeit it is not rot meant of course cour e that thesel these r l Anticipants In the greatest of presidential tji tor 3 s are able to influence the state of the weather the she and enthusiasm of the hp crowds that gre t l th chief executive or r an any of the other considerations that thatto in to popular estimation make or mar the prolonged swing wing W ng around the circle What hat the personal coterie does have the thesa sa say about is the th i comfort of the distin distinguished traveler and to a considerable t stout extent his enjoyment of the month and a half of continuous railroading and steam rn To Tn pei persons sons who have hae a high estimate ft rf the th personal omnipotence of the Pres Prest l t 1 ld Jont it of th I United States it may at first tl ij ut lt app apar ar a trifle strange that the peace ol oI mind of a chief hief executive ex should h b hc in an any degree d pendent dependent upon a half doz ci il traveling companions most of TV horn are privat it zens That such is I tV the rae rase a it II du primarily to the fact I that th Pie It dt nt on Oil his western wi trip is isi I lara Jarv i ir ji l iv among i strangers and andin I in rn many instant s is the guest gue t of per Iler perc c r r who have hae iu just t met him for the first tip t w it H goes without saying that local state and municipal officials and reception and entertainment bodies all along the route will to the best of nf I th u it knowledge do everything possible t i make mako the President 1 The he crucial point is that many of these thes I KM local ial al dignitaries do not know and have hae haven haen n means of finding out at short notice UK Presidents tastes and habits Thus it comes om about that if the routine of ot the 1 1 tour is to go smoothly and wll I a j minimum of friction that is always h hard rrt on un the weary traveler It will be due duet I It ti t the efforts of the little circle of time I tut d associates who from lon Ion lone experience experience ence encl have hae gained an intimate acquaint acquaintance ance aner with President Tafts preferences in small things President Tafts Staff The personnel per of President Tafts staff Is divided about equally between tween bf assist assistants assistants assistants ants and servitors who accompany him in what might be b termed official capacities and intimate personal friends who go upon the Presidents invitation and whose status is that of guests ts Each Bach class has its responsibilities however The hired helpers keep in order the Presidents port portable portable portable able habitation and amI facilitate the trans transaction transaction transaction action of the pressing pre executive business that always alays seeks ks the White hit House on wheels no matter where it may be side sidetracked sidetracked tracked On the other hand the Presidents Presidents Presidents dents intimates and aids bear part of the brunt of receiving and entertaining that constant stream of distinguished and callers for which the presidential car is a mecca from one end to the other of such a Journey jurne Indeed if the President Pre gets any uninterrupted sleep or the opportunity to partake of meals leisurely it is due to the good of offices offices of the proxies on board the special who temporarily hold hoW at bay the enthusiastic enthusiastic admirers clamoring for a word or a handshake The Taft tour is to go down into his history history history tory as the longest ever made by a PresIdent Pres President PresIdent ident and by an odd coincidence the staff of the President is the smallest that has ever eer attended a chief magistrate under like circumstances Not ot more than eight or nine chums and helpers of the nations ruler are with him continuously through throughout out his Jaunt In ad addition addition addition there are about halt a dozen news newspaper newspaper paper P correspondents tOrre and several teral rail railroad railroad railroad road officiate officials but this contingent like likewise likewise likewise wise is more limited in numbers than has been the case In some ome preceding presidential presidential presidential excursions excursion The explanation of the limited number of participants in this most notable of personally conducted tours is found partly in President Tafts policy polley of reasonable economy econom and partly in the laws which have been enacted cur curtailing curtailing curtailing tailing free transportation on the rail railroads railroads railroads roads In I n Good Old Days In the old days the transportation com companies companies companies which derive many indirect bene benefits benefits benefits fits from the journey of a President over their lines notably the opportunity to haul excursionists I to every point where he speaks raised no objection no matter how large la e a personal staff accompanied the President A train was in invariably invariably invariably variably provided and the number of pas passengers passengers was a matter of little concern Nowadays everybody must pay fare am and of course the President provides the tickets for the men who accompany him himat himat himat at his invitation To be sure ure President Pre ident Taft was In the closing days of the special special cial session of congress voted S for traveling expenses in addition to his in increased Increased Increased creased salary of a year but a trip such as 88 this considering that two special cars cost coat a day dav makes a big hole in inthe Inthe inthe the fund and the President obviously can cannot cannot cannot not afford to give out passports indiscriminately crim It was the original ori nal intention of the Pres President PresIdent President ident to make use ule of a single special car but when it was found that there must necessarily be fifteen to eighteen persons aboard all the time to say nothing of others that will travel short distance r with the party it was decided to utilize utilise p two special cars care However Hoever the time honored custom cu tom of having Uncle Sams Sam best paid servant travel by bv special train was abandoned Only for limited stretches stretch in the lengthy itinerary dothe do the two ears cars run as a special At other times they the theare are attached to regular trains This plan results in a decrease e in the number of railroad officiate officials that must of or necessity have place in the official party When hen a presidential special spec spec is to be piloted over overa a crowded highway it re rp requires requires quires the personal supervision su not onh of th the general railroad representative in charge of the tour but also of the officials officials officials of the road over which the train trains is passing However with the presidential headquarters on board a H regular train traina a known quantity as it were the amount of train dispatching and other detail is 18 materially material reduced Captain Archibald Butt The Presidents right hand man in this latest addition to his globetrotting achievements l is his military aide Captain Archibald W Butt President Taft has hasa a faculty of getting very chummy with the men with whom he is thrown in con contact contact contact tact by official duties an as a witness his lite in intimacy Intimacy intimacy with General Bell and General Clarence Edwards but with none of his associates as has he ever become more in intimate intimate than with this handsome Georgian Taft has found Butt an agreeable companion com companion companion panion In motoring and horseback riding but especially does he delight to play golf with the young army officer and wherever Taft tarries luring during his strenuous ous tour for a Ii taste ta te of his favorite pas pastime pastime time Ume It will be safe to look Jonk for or Butt In Inthe Inthe the rol role rolp of partner or opponent Incidentally it ma may be bt noted not d that thIs military man who has made a hit In the Continued on Page 2 I I I I I n y a af f t 4 t t Y 32 a r s sg g a Y ry q S f e 4 h hY Y t ti tat i it at ta i ie or tit rile mile mounted is Captain Archibald Butts the Presidents aide who is with him in Salt lake MEMBERS OF PRESIDENT TAFTS TRAVELING STAFF i Continued from Page 1 dual role of Tiffs crony and master roaster f ceremonies hails halls from froni I Augusta GL J i where Taft Tatt played g gf lt last winter v hill hilo waiting for the White House to J vacant Butt got into the army 1114 the war ar when I tent McKinley appointed d him a captain and quartermaster of or volunteers H lit served d in Cuba and the Philippines latter Utter enables him to talk shop with in time acquired i i tation as one of the best beat in the army Roosevelt Roo evelt discovered i 1 ih i i possibilities s of Archie as liS a social aide pid i and arbiter and Taft Tart who saw much oj o I him during the regime of his hi r continued d him in the responsible at the White House and gradually mi him his chief confidante i iThe The member of the Taft party parts who i comes nearest to making the I trip in his Ins private private I vate ate capacity is John Hays Hammond the millionaire mining engineer whom Taft wanted to make States mm nin I to China and who ho might have hae ac af accepted a had not Mrs Hammond craved residence re in America after years of globe lobe I trotting Mr Hammond is one of tin the Presidents closest friends In fact fad lie he occupies much the same position among his intimates that Miss Mabel Boardman does in the social circle of Mrs Taft Mr oIl Hammond is president of the League Leque of Republican Clubs Finally Finall the Hammond chef loaned for the occa occasion c sion aIon is 15 in charge of the culinary depart department department ment meat on the Taft private car and with Ms hk employer looking on this wizard izard of cookery can be expected to produce some masterly menus Wendell AV Vi V assistant a si tant secre lecre secretary secretary tary to the President Is in effect tr ti fastness manager of the pres presidential 1 establishment He has Mill charge of the receipt and dispatch of all an corre correspondence by b mail mall and wire ire and taki the Presidents dictation of any an hes he may wish to map out in advance who is especially well qualified for fo this post by reason of the fact that be he is III an expert stenographer was on ori of ot Tafts confidential aides when he lie was secretary of war and he has been asso associated with him pretty continuously ever since shies He was wall in n charge of the head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters of the th pre at Augusta last winter and in a capacity similar to his hili present prent one has accompanied Taft Tart Tafton Tarton on several Journeys journey as for instance his last I trip to Panama For all that President Taft prefers to entrust truet himself to his hi own chauffeurs Whenever possible O neither of these motts mo motorists has part in he the tour the President President dent d nt leaving the details as to vehicles to the local committee at each point visited President Taft fart departs from precedent hi bt not being Ing accompanied on his wander wanderIngs Ings s far afield by b the White House phy physician ph an army amI doctor detailed for such service nice Instead the President pre has bas the tIle ministrations of Dr J J Richardson the throat specialist who accompanied him throughout his great ing IRIt tour In the last presidential cam campaign campaign and without whose aid Tarts Taffs voice yoke could not have stood l the strain that tut it did Similarly the guarding of or orthe the President is III entrusted primarily to a aman aman man who has been be Tafts shadow almost continuously ly from the day of his hill election to the presidency p nC Of course cour e there is elaborate police pro protection protection protection at lIt every ever point visited together with a general protective service by b the United States s secret cret service working through h Its district superintendents but the final precautions for the safety of the President is entrusted to Secret Servie ServIe ie ke Operative L C Wheeler the Presidents Presidents dents bodyguard assisted by James Sloan jr another star man in the secret nil Ont One or ur the other of these men menis menIs menIs is continuously at the Presidents elbow when he h leaves his car or appears on the rear Nar platform to make a speech or re respond respond spond lipond to applause p pc Two a servitors 1 I Ies c es V nt Dl to nt Tafts Taft s anil nol nii 1 J si jl ro to I ho bo ma IDa are doni Lo z a Lar a Filipino and Arthur Brooks a colored man Lare who first attracted d rafts Tafta attention when he was th thE the driver of or a fearful Earful and wonderful public conveyance in Manila and who followed his fare to Washington has b ben baen en for ears ars past Tafts valet Often this slender blak eyed young man has combined with his duties as Be valet those of chef waiter walter and general factotum about the Taft domi donil domicile cile cle c le Alt All the while h M he takes occasion fp to emphasize to outsiders that his status tatus is 18 that of a student working his way to an education In English and that on onno onno no HO other basis would his father have consented to have him come to the new world V Monico acts as the Presidents barber harbor but It may ma be added that Taft pays pas the Filipino foUt Ut of his own pocket ket Instead of or having him carried on the government payroll as a rl r nral rial worker as was W S the VP tre Ee with s IV r irl irber rr Art ur Br ks 11 1 r ob t r p I bk m in n the AV Vite ite H os JS fT rr v ViI ver Is ts jg Prescient Taft a Ual wessen messen ger ser but hut his hi duties dutle cover a far wider range than even this comprehensive title would indicate For instance Ins his knowl I I d of public men imn j i 0 extensive anti I I Ills his a with Tufts Taffs person ill j fri friends j l so so 5 wid that I Ib an ur R ply 1 h fU st ci j I vi it d t th v ct r I t i JT il u i s I of the President s a tyr wr who is a is a major in t th National Guard Guird of ot the th District of Hi u i if with Taft lat f i til th V VII II aI 1 rd 1 Mn P 11 is w foOl r 1 1 P Pi TO 1 J 1 11 i I Irai J i 11 ol ui liia joui U rai t |