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Show 'WHERE . ROOSEVELT WILL HUNT AND WHAT HE WILL KILL . IN WILDEST AFRICA- Official Statement of the Journey to Be Undertaken by the President . .and His Son-Description of the Country to Be Visited Men Who Are to Aid in the Success of the Expedition Animals to Be Searched for Object of the Trip on government reservations he explains ex-plains In this way: A person taking a.l vantage to shoot on government reservations res-ervations In Africa would bo exactly In the' same position of any forelgner-who forelgner-who came to America nnd waa given permission by the United States government gov-ernment to shoot at will In the gov. etnment reservation at Yellowstone pak, where the American buffalo, to be found nowhere else, roams unmo- lested. The president declares that such permission rightly would arouse i resentment. Mr. - Roosevelt shares with other sportsmen the feeling that the wll.l animals an-imals on reservations should be protected pro-tected to the utmost and that under no circumstance should permlsslop be given to kill them, except, possibly, when predatory animate become too numerous for tho safety of other practically prac-tically defenseless animals. Permission Permis-sion for one perron to shoot on a reservation res-ervation Mr. Roosevelt believes, would lead eventually to permission to others oth-ers and that In the end the game reservation res-ervation would not be a reservation at all In Its proper Bense. It is Mr. Roosevelt's desire that his African hunting expedition shall not be looked upon as one with sport as a main object. A limited number of specimens of mammals and birds will be killed for the use of the United States national museum. Other killing kill-ing will be confined to the limits of the necessary food supply of the camp. On his trip Mr. Roosevelt hopes to secure for scientific purposes two adult specimens, one of each sex, and a specimen spec-imen of their young, of animals he Is likely to meet on the DaVk Continent. For the ordinary needs of the museum mu-seum th president and the naturalists natural-ists and director of the Smithsonian Institution, whom he has consulted, think these will be sufficient, but whether they are sufficient or not. these are all he has in mind to kill; no matter how plentiful the game may bo. It is the known wish of the president presi-dent that the expedition into Africa shall be made with the privacy that marks, or should mark, any other scientific sci-entific expedition. Mr. Roosevelt wants an outing and a chance to do a moderate amount of shooting, with a first view to getting results that will be of some benefit to science. While a number of the American newspapers would like to send correspondents with Mr. Roosevelt, It is needless to say that no (Scwspaper representatives will accompany ac-company the party. During hl3 summer vacation last year, which he spent at his siimmpr home in Oyster Hnv. Long I '.anl. New York, Mr. Rcosuvelt dl 1 most of his planning for the trip. Diring the hot summer days fro'-' June till September t!i? Prcp.l lent devote! much of hl3 time silting on tho hrosvl vcrania of hi i honie studying books on natural history his-tory and the big game In Africa. Those; ho procured from every .available source. Working out the details if his plans occupied gret deal of time. He was continually in correspondence during the sunyner and even after ho again resumed his official duties at Washington with the cioted big game hunters and naturalists who have tic-voted tic-voted years of etudy to Central Africa and its funa. Mea who -have spent any length of timo in that part t Africa which he Intends visiting were welcome visitors at Sagamore Hill, and from these he gained valuable information. in-formation. This was the case also when he returned to the White Houso, and among those whom he entertained there were P.ishop Hartzell. who has spent many years as missionary bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church in Africa, ami Sir Harry H. Johnston, I tho noted English naturalist and an- thor, who has had twenty-five years experience in Central Africa and was the discoverer of the Okapl. Sir Harry, after his visit to the President, , said ho was surprised to find Mr. i Roosevelt so well Informed on Africa and its fauna and declared that the President was able to tell him things about It of which he had no knowledge. Numerous others persons who have heen to Uganda and British East Africa the President has consulted and, as a result, he had gathered a store of information not to be obtained from books It was to Secretary Walcott, of th-J Smith sonlan Institution, that Mr. Roosevelt first unfolded the tentative plans for his African trip. Jn a letter to the secretary he made known, his project of going, after his term of office of-fice expired, to Africa for the purpose of hunting and traveling in Rrillsn and German East Africa, crossing Uganda and working down the Ni'.o with side trips after animals and birds. He declared then that he is "not in tho least a game butcher," saying: "1 like to do a certain amount of hunting, hunt-ing, but my real and main Interest Is the interest of a faunal naturalist." In his letter he expressed the opinion opin-ion that this trip opcued the beit chance for the United States National' MusiMim to get a fine collection, not only of the big game beasts, but ct the smaller mammals and birds ut Africa, and ought not to be neglected. The President offered to take wlta him several professional Meld naturalists natural-ists and taxidermists who should prepare pre-pare and s?nd back the specimens he is to collect, the collection to go to the National Museum. The President Presi-dent said that as an ex-President he should feel that this institution is tho museum to which his collection should go. While he would pay the expenses of himself and his son. he felt that ho had not tho means that would enable twenty-five years experience as a doctor doc-tor la the array, should have chargo of 'the Smithsonian portion of the parly. His professional services as physician to the expedition undoubtedly undoubt-edly will be of tho greatest value, noc to speak of his ability as a well-known naturalist and collector of natural, history his-tory specimens. Aa nn ornithologist. Major Meanri8 probably is one of tho .highest authorities, having made a .specialty of bird study for many years. The major was one of the founders ' of the American Ornithologists' Union and has written widely on bird subjects. sub-jects. He Is a member or the Llnncan Society of Natural History of New York, of the National 1 Geographical Society, of the Biological Society ot Washington, of the American Association Associa-tion for the Advancement of Science and a patron of the American Museum Muse-um of Natural History of New York. Ho Is fifty-three years of age. As a field naturalist, Mr. J. Lorlng Alden 1 probably the most efflclejit and experienced man in the party. He has made a specialty of the smaller mammals mam-mals and it is said of bim that, where other traps and bait fall, he can devise de-vise a trap and select a halt that will lure any of the smaller wild creatures Into captivity. His training comprises service In the biological survey of the United States department of agriculture agricul-ture and in the New York zoological gardens in Bronx park. New York City, as .well as on numerous collecting trips through British America, Mexico and the United States. He is about thirty-eight thirty-eight years old, of ardent temperament tempera-ment and Intensely energetic. In August, Au-gust, September and October,. 1898. he made the highest record for a traveling travel-ing collector, having sent to the United States national museum 900 well prepared specimens of small mammals In the three months' Journey from London; through Sweden, Germany, Ger-many, Switzerland an.l Belglurn. His home is in Owego, N. Y. Of the party, the only one who has had previous experience in that section sec-tion of Africa through which the expedition ex-pedition will journey. Is Mr. Edmund Heller. He was associated with Professor Pro-fessor Carl E. Akelev and Mr. K. D. G. Ello in the expedition of the Field Columbian museum of Chicago, which, in 1900. visited the same portions of Africa that the Rooevelt- expedition win cover, s Mr. Heller is a graduate of Stanford university of California and i.s a thoroughly trained naturalist, whose special work with thin expedition expe-dition will be tho preparation and preservation pres-ervation of the specimens of large an-Innls. an-Innls. Having gone over the ground once he Is a valuable asset to the expedition. ex-pedition. In order that he might ac-! ac-! company Mr. Roosevelt, his release from his position as assistant curator of the museum of vertebrate zoology of!..tho University of California was secured se-cured by the Smithsonian Institution Mr. Heller has had large experience In animal collecting In Alaska, British Columbia, United States, Mexico, Central Cen-tral America and South America. In 189$. he made a collection trip of eleven months to the Calapagos Islands, Is-lands, starting from San Francisco. He is an enthusiastic collector as well as a natively equipped naturalist. Of numerous scientific papers on mam.-mate, mam.-mate, birds, reptiles and fishes he is the author. Mr. Heller's home Is at Los Gatos. Cal. Kormlt Roosevelt, the president's second son, a young mau of nineteen nine-teen ears, is to be the official photographer pho-tographer of the expedition. Ills collection col-lection of photographs of animals and scones will be made use of in a scientific sci-entific way and as Illustrations for books and articles which his father will write. Young Mr Roosevelt isa student at Harvard university and is a great favorite with his father. He has. spent considerable time In pro-paring pro-paring himself for the work he Is to undertake. During his summer vacation vaca-tion he made a study of the camera and photographic methods. He also experimented In taking pictures of the animals at the zoological gardens In New York. It Is his first trip abroad and he looks forward to It with the keenest interest He is tall and slender, slen-der, a good horsenjan and a splendid rifle shot. Much of the shooting of the big game he hopes to share with his father. To complete the personnel of the expedition Mr. R. J. Cunnlnghame. an Englishman, was chosen. He Is a note., field naturalist and big game hunter and has guided numerous hunting hunt-ing parties In Africa. It was he who wo chief hunter and guide of the Field Columbian expedition in Central Africa -Mr. Cunnlnghame for some months has been employed In assembling assem-bling the materials for Mr. Roosevelt's use. He will act as general manager of the expedition, guiding the party and taking charge of the native porters. por-ters. Mr. Cuninghame i6 an experienced experi-enced collector of natural history specimens spec-imens and has made collections for the British museum, in Norway and Africa. No better manager for the trip could have been selected, because Mr. Cuninghame is thoroughly familiar famil-iar with every nook and corner of Central Africa and Its natives. He spent some time In London purchasing purchas-ing the outfit for the expedition and shipping it to Mombasa. After that had been completed he proceeded to British Africa and has been engaged in selecting the natives and animals necessary lor the expedition. He will meet the party at Mombasa. Upon reaching Killndinl. April 21, the party will spend a short time in Mombasa and then, proceed by train I on tho Uganda railway to Nairobi, the capital of Ukamba province and head- j J quarters of the administration of British Brit-ish East Africa Protectorate, a' city of ( 13.514 inhabitants, of whom 579 are; Europeans. Nairobi will be used as the Headquarters and base of nuppllea ! and from ihere trjfrs will be made Into the country thereabouts which abound? with animals of all kinds. It Is In this section that Mr. Roosevelt hopes to do most of his hunting and collecting. Trips, extending f.-otn a week to a month In length, will be made In all directions. Supplies and camping outfit will be carried by natives na-tives and camps established at 'various 'vari-ous poluts on the trips. It has been decided that snowcapped Mount 'Ke-nla, 'Ke-nla, 18.000 feet high, an extinct volcano vol-cano near Ndoro, to the north of Nairobi, will the the objective point of one of these trips. On Mount Kenla, at a point part way up. one or the field naturalists probably will bo stationed for some time In order to collect specimens of all kinds there. The smaller mammals will be caught in traps, an elaborate outfit of which Is being taken by the expedition. In fact, these form the heaviest part or the equipment. The supplies of the party are packed in t In-lined boxes. These boxes when they have been emptied will be used as packing cases for the varlovls specimens.' Many valuable val-uable natural history specimens have been spoiled by ants and other Insects, It ha3 been found from experience on other expeditions, and it Is to guard against this that the tin-lined boxes nre being taken along. When the specimens spec-imens havo been prepared .they will be carefully packed in the boxes and shipped to Nairobi, where they will be forwarded to the United States. One of tho taxidermists will always be with Mr. Roosevelt, and as soon as any big game Is shot by him it will be skinned and prepared on the spot-Mr. spot-Mr. Roosevelt will be greatly disappointed dis-appointed if he fails to kill several specimens of tho white rhinoceros. This Is the same as the square-mouthed rhinoceros and is the nearest living ally to the type of the extinct Tlch-orlne Tlch-orlne or woolly rhinoceros which lived in England at the close of the Glacial period. The outfit which Mr. Cunnlnghame haa selocted in London consists ot rot-proof tents, green In color; a good Bupply of mosquito netting, camp tools and cooking utensils. Mr. Roosevelt and the other members of the party will sleep on the simplest kind of light cots A luxury that will be taken are folding baths. A. large quantity ot preservatives and materials Tor curing cur-ing skins and preparing them for shipment ship-ment home is being taken. Nairobi being be-ing the central station of the Uganda Railway It will be easy to reach quickly quick-ly the remote parts of the country where the party can strike off into tho jungle. AH the specimens will be'tak-en be'tak-en care of at Nairobi berore shipment to the National Museum, No definite arrangements have been made for the six months the party will spend in the territory about Nairobi except that short trips In search ot specimens is to be made from there. The President's expedition will not visit Mount Kilimanjaro, on the border bor-der between : British East Africa and German East Africa. The reason for this Is that the National Museum has been receiving a splendid collection of specimens from that locality lrom Dr. Abbott, of Philadelphia, who has been there for some time. The altitude of the Nairobi district is over 5,000 feet above the sea and further west the country reaches 7.000 feet above sea level. Taking the country coun-try as a whole, the climate Is distinctly distinct-ly favorable to health. The days under un-der the equatorial aun are hot, but cool nights amply atone for the heat ot the day. The rainy season In that section sec-tion of Africa occurs from the end ot January till the end of April. Another rainy season, but of short duration, occurs oc-curs about October or November. From May to February is considered as the best season for the shooting of big game. in October the expedition will pack its journey inland over the Ugand.i Railway to Port Florence, on Lake Victoria Nyanza. At that place a short slop will be made and probably a trip will be made to Mount Elgon, 75 miles noith from there Mount Elgon is over 14,000 feet In height. When the party again returns to Port Florence it will board a steamer of the railway service which piles about the lake and proceed to Entebbe, 150 miles away, it Is expected that Entebbe will be reached early In December. At that point a small caravan will be made up from animals and natives which Mr. Cunnlnghame has specially engaged en-gaged for the "trip across Uganda to the Nile. The first stop arter leaving Entebbe will be at Mengo Then by short stages it will proceed until reaching KIbira on Lake Albert Ayan-za. Ayan-za. The Journey across Uganda is expected ex-pected to takje not more than a month and the expedition should strike tho White Nile about the first of the year 1910. Of the greatest Importance Is the battery of guns which Mr. Roosevelt will carry along with him. Since it became known that he intended to make a hunting expedition into Alrica many of his friends have presented him-with guns. But he did not select any of these to take with him on his trip. Instead, he had made specially for him by one of the best American gun manufacturers four different types of rifles, each having a special use The first of these Is a powerful rllle of .405 calibre, carrying a 300-graln bullet, and Is Intended for the very largest type of African game such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus and elephant. ele-phant. Smokeless powder Is used and Its power can be measured by the fact that the bullet at the time or Im pact has an energy of 3.5uo-root pounds. The second rifle Is known 83 the new 30 United States government rimless cartridge type carrying a "20-graln "20-graln bullet and is fitted to kill very large game at a range of from 500 to 1.000 yards. This will be the lion gun. The third rifle Is an extra light weapon. carrying a 45.70 cartridge, with Us most effective effec-tive range at 5. yards. It is or .405 calibre. This Is the weapon Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt used considerably In his excurs. ions for big game In Western United States. The fourth rUlo is a .400 gun for moderate sized game, carrying a smokeless powder cartridge with a bullet of 170 grains. It Is al3o of a very hlph power type and has been used by the President on some of his trips. Tho other members of the party also will be armed with similar guns .Tnd will carry revolvers. The prlnci pal weapon which will bo carried ry tho naturalists will bo a 12-bore gun. There Is not a mvuiber of the party Theodore Roosevelt, fifty years of age, having on March . 4. with his retirement re-tirement as twenty-sixth president of the United States, completed more than twonty-flve years of public sor-( sor-( vice, has decided to take rest and 1 recreation In a two years' trip abroad, half of which will be spent under the British flag as a faunal natufallst, and the other half In Europe visiting at least three of the big capitate. At the head of a scientific expedition outfitted out-fitted bv the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, he will, with his on, Keimit. and three American naturalists natural-ists of note Major Edgar A. Mearns, J. Loring Aldc-n and Edmund Heller make a collection of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and botanical, specimens speci-mens of Central Africa. which will bo deposited in the United States national museum at Wash'ngton. . The party leave New York City about the middle of March, going by the' Mediterranean' route to Gibraltar and Naples. At Naples the members of the expedition will board a steamer of the German East African line for Killndinl harbor, Mombasa Island. They will avrlve at the East African port toward the end ofAprll, proceed by the Uganda railway to Nairobi, spend six months there, then continue by rail to Port Florence. Lake Victoria Nyauza. making a total distance of 684 miles by rail. The expedition will cross Uganda by caravan, and finally pass down tjio whole length of tho Nile, reaching Khartoum about April, 1910. Much of the hunting and specimen speci-men collecting will be done in British I East Africa, where the Uganda railway rail-way will be U6ed as a means of ready transportation from Nairobi, which will be the base of supplies. At Khartoum. It is expected, the president and his son iill be joined by Mrs. Roosevelt, yj will accompany them on their trip to Europe. Tho naturalists of the parts' will proceed direct to the United States " from Egypt. Mr. Roosevelt probably will remain in continental Europe and Great Britain about one year, having accepted invitations to deliver tho Romanes Ro-manes lecture" at Oxford University, an address at the Sorbonne in Paris, and a lecture before the students of the University of Berlin. Long has it been the desire of Mr. Roosevelt to make a hunting tour Into tho heart of Africa. He, has made numerous trips in search of big game In every part of tho United States where such animals make their abode. Fof years he has been an ardent hunter hunt-er and a writer uf hunting stories. Some of his books on tho subject are "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman." writ-ton writ-ton from His experiences while on a North Dakota ranch, where he speut two years raising cattle; "Ranch Life and Hunting Trail," "The Wilderness Hunter." "The Door Family," "Out-doir "Out-doir Pastimes of An American Hunter." Hunt-er." In the latter volume he refers to the snort In those words ."From the days. or Nimrod to bur own there have bon might.' hunters before the Ixrd. and most warlike and masterful races have taken kindly to the chase, as ehk'f .uong those rough pastimes which appeal naturally natu-rally to men with plenty' of red blood In tbolr veins." One might think Mr. Roosevelt desires de-sires to emulate tho earlier among the great conquering kings of Egypt and Assyria whom, he says, hunted the elephant and the wild bull, as well as the lions with which tho country swarmed; and Tlglath-Plleser the First, who as overlord of Phoenicia embarked on tho Mediterranean and I there killed a "sea monster," presum-' presum-' ably a whale a feat which, Mr. Roosevelt declares, "has been paralleled paral-leled by no sport-loving sovereign of modern times, save by that stout hunter, hunt-er, the German' kaiser; although, I believe, be-lieve, the present English king, like several members of his family, has slain both elephants and tigers before he came to the tin one." Speaking of the groat hunting grounds of the world. Mr. Roosevelt says that there remain only three in. the present century. South Africa Is the true hunter's paradise. In his opinion, if the happy hunting ground are to be found anywhere In the world, says he. they lay between the Orange and the Zambesi, and extend northward north-ward here and there to the Nile countries coun-tries and Somallland. Nowhere else are there, such multitudes of game, representing so many and such widely different kinds of animals of such size, such beauty, such infinite variety. "Wo should have to go back to the fauna of Pleistocene to ko its equal." It Is to this section of the world that he Is now bound. cavalry in the Spanish war, governor of the state of New York, vice president presi-dent of the United States, and finally as president of th nation, the highest gift In the power of the people Mr. Roosevelt feels that he has earned the right to put in a portion of his time in the sport which most appeals to him. He proposes to spend two years away from tho United States for two reasons Rest and recreation In hunting and scientific research are only tho minor ones. He Intends to put himself beyond the roach of those persous whom, ho believes, would inevitably in-evitably seek, if ho were within roach, to use his influence with the administration adminis-tration of President William H. Taft. Mr. -Roosevelt, is. of course, aware of the manuer in which the charge has been circulated that Mr. Taft would be onK' a Roosevelt man as president, and wnatever Mr. Taft, as president, I might do, it would be ascribed to Mr. ' Roosevelt's Influence. It is because of this situation that Mr. Roosevelt decided de-cided to take himself out of the country, coun-try, where it would be impossible for i anyone to repeat any such charge 1 against. President Taft, Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt has well, selected a place where his seclusion in this respect is secure, for hardly could a more 'inaccessible locality be found. In this connection, Mr. Roosevelt, some months before the Republican national convention had nominated Mr. Taft to the presidency, made a statement in which he said: "If Mr. Taft is nominated and elected president, which would be very gratifying, gratify-ing, it would make impossible any criticism, crit-icism, if I were abroad, to the effect that I was dictating to him and being followed, or that I had dictated and had boon turned down in any suggestions." sug-gestions." In traveling abroad Mr. Roosevelt will not make any such tour as did General Grant after retiring from tho presidency. General Grant vas received re-ceived In state by emperors and kings wherever he went on his tour around the world. He was feted as no other American ever has boon Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt will avoid all that, it being his desire to travel as a plain American citizen, and spending a good Pi.rt of his time In the pursuit of game; he will put himself out of the way of social entertainment. Statements have been made to the cttoot thflt thp enrno nrps(rv in Prlt. which Is not an excellent ririe shot and assurances have been given that not the least fear need be entertained tor Mr. Roosevelt's safety while he is away. It Is pointed out that the party will be accompanied by native gun-bearers, gun-bearers, who are experts with rifles and should any beast be missed by Mr. Roosevelt, which Is Improbable it is declared, the animal will not travel far before It is brought down. Hundreds and hundreds of applications applica-tions have been received by , Mr. Roosevelt by people who wished to accompany him on the expedition. They offered their services gratis. These offers came from all kinds of people, from cooks to naturalists. None of them was granted by Mr. Roosevelt. Roose-velt. Numerous announcements have appeared In the newspapers from lime to time stating that some person or other was to go with the President and .not a few gained considerable newspaper advertising In this manner. The latest was a young prize fighter who was traveling -with a theatrical company. One of the objects of Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt In making this trip Is for the purpose of collecting material for writing several books regarding his experiences. During last summer ho contracted with Charles Scrlbners' Sons, of New York, giving that firm alt the rights for the serial and book-form publication of whatever he might J write on his visit to Africa. It is said that the contract price agreed upon Is ! $1 per word, but this never has been '. verified. The President's stories will , be read with deep Interest by the many people of this and other countries coun-tries who admire his brilliant style. His contract with the Scrtbner firm will In no way Interfere with a contract con-tract he signed last October to become be-come an associate editor of "The Outlook" Out-look" magazine. For that publication he will write on other matters whlcli he may become Interested in while abroad. From time to timo that magazine mag-azine will print articles under h! name. Regarding the second year of Mr. Roosevelt's tour abroad little of his plan la known, In fact he has not definitely defi-nitely decided upon them. Friends ol the President, however, expect to see him return to the United States at the end of two years with added laurels laur-els and popularity. It Is not alone for the shooting of 'a collection ot mammals that Mr. Roosevelt goes across the water, but he will also hove an opportunity to do and say something some-thing that will bring him Into prominence prom-inence before the entire world. After he has finished his hunting tour he will bo joined by Mrs. Roosevelt at Khartoum and proceed down the Ntle to Cairo, making lslts to places ot interest while on the way, and thou proceeding to Europe. At Berlin he will deliver an address upon tho ono hundredth anniversary of Berlin. It Is reported that he will go to Berlin upon the special Invitation of the German Ger-man Emperor and while there will be a guest at different times of the Kaiser. From Germany he will go to Frauce and deliver an address at tho Sorbonne, probably taking as his subject sub-ject the life-work of the Marquise do Lafaette. It has not been learned ' how long Mr. Roosevelt intends to stay In Berlin and Paris. After his visit in France. Mr. Roosevelt will go to England, where a reception of great warmth undoubtedly will be accorded to him. He has accepted an Invitation Invita-tion "to deliver the Romanes Lecture at Oxford University and In all probability the honorary degree of D. j C. L, which Oxford bas bestowed on Emperor William, will be conferred on Mr. Roosevc-lt. The versatility of Mr. Roosevelt will be shown by the fact that he will j speak German In his address before the students of the University of Her- , lln. French In his lecture at the Sar- bonne, and English In delivering tho Romance Lecture at Oxford. It is ex- i peeled that this feature of his visit to the capitals of the three fading nations na-tions of Europe will attract a great cadi of attention. Holland, being the home of his ancestors In Europe, it is considered not improbable that he will go there for a short visit, when he undoubtedly un-doubtedly would speak In the tongue of his forefathers. Mr, Roosevelt' versatility In language Is quite well known In this country, but It will re- I ceive still higher commendation when ! he makes his addresses abroad in the languages of the country he visits. I One point of particular interest in I London which, no doubt, Mr. and Mrs. ! Roosevelt will visit, Is St. George's ; church where they were married in ' 18SG. It is likely that they will be In London on the twenty fourth annlver- j sary of the wedding. Having been in public life almost continually since he was graduated from Harvard , university in 18S0 serving the people In the capacity of assemblvman In New York state, civil service commissioner of the United States. President tho police board in New York City, assistant scoretarv of the navy of the United States. Colonel of the First United States Volunteer lsh East Africa under control of the. British colonial government are to bo opened to the president and his companions com-panions to shoot at will. No advantage advan-tage of those offers will be taken. Mr. Roosevelt having made up his mind to decline to do any shooting on government govern-ment preserves where the hunting Is not open ot all. The feeling of the president on this matter of shooting him to pay for the naturalists and their kit and tho curing and transport of the specimens for the museum Ail he desired to keep would be a lew personal trophies of little 6cicntinc value which for some reason he might like to keep. He said the actual hunting of big game ho would want to do himself or have his son do. Seeing the value of the President s proposition, Secretary Walcott immediately im-mediately set to work selecting men lo form the patty. He decided that three men should form tho Smlthson-iau Smlthson-iau Institution's portion or tho party. The necessary funds for the Smithsonian's Smith-sonian's share or the expense were secured from a source which has not boon revealed. It Is stated that no part of these funds was derived from any government appropriation or tho Income of the Smithsonian Institution. Institu-tion. That it was advanced by some one interested in science there is no doubt, and there have been reports that it was donated by Mr. Andrew Carnegie. In selecting tho four men to accompany ac-company Mr. Roosevelt Ihe host me.i In the scores or naturalists or tho country wore selected. It wa decided decid-ed lhat Major Bdgar A. Moarns of tho Medical Corps of th United Stat.-s Army, a retired officer wno has had i |