Arizona republican., 1921-01-06
ADMIRAL M GULLY
 GIVEN PERMIT TO
 BRING 7 RUSSIAN TOU. 5.
American Naval Officer Will Post Bond To Keep Russian Refugees Here; Will Adopt Children
rRepubIIoan A. ?. Leased WIrel

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5-Having ob- tained from the labor department an order for temporary admission of the seven Russian children he has. tenta- lively adopted, Rear Admiral Newton commissioner at Sebastopol, left to- night for New York to get the children. now at Ellis Island and bring them here. He said he would deposit the $5,000 bond required in the case of each of the children as assurance that they will not become public charges.
 Admiral McCulley plans to keep the children here until their right to re- main in the United States has been fully established. Afterward he will take them to his boyhood home in An derson, $. C., to introduce them to his mother who will assume temporary charge while the officer is refurnish- ing and remodeling his Washington home for their residence.
 Admiral McCulley said he intended to adopt the children formally if there was no legal bar. He had attended, he said, to all lesal matters in Russia con- nected with being given custody of the children. No difficulty was encountered he said, because of the terrible condi- tions in the region in which the chil- dren were living.
 These children are but isolated cas- es among hundreds of thousands of cases" he said. "I did not carefully select these seven but when I came away, I decided that I should do some thing and I took the first I came to- There were three others I wanted to bring but one was tubercular and know would not be admitted. In an other case, the mother gave her con sent to my adopting the child and at the last moment withdrew it and in the third case the mother consented but the father refused"
 What are your plans for the future of the children" he was asked.
 Well" was the reply, being g bachelor, you can imagine it took me some time to get my nerve up to go through. with this affair. Now that am started, I like it better every minute"
 The admiral said he had called g | family council" to meet at Anderson and added:
 T hope that my niece will takes over the big job of supplying the necessary feminine influence in their lives.
 Tt Is my intention to give them ar all around education. When they arr old enough, shall give them the op. portunity to return to Russia and i they care to stay, that will be thei privilege. If not, they will, of course return to me. I intend always to re main father to them although thu far they haven't gotten to the poin of calling me by the paternal name They call me uncle, and I am as wei satisfied that it is that way for tn present for all these swift develop ments are rather startling for bache Tor who has spent much of his life a sea-"
 Admiral McCully said that 12-year old Ni1olai was found in the renche on the Wrangel front acting as a mas cot for the soldiers. He was covere
 with vermin and dirt, but boaste, proudly of having killed two bolshevil The admiral was not inclined to plac much credence in the youths blood thirsty account.
 Loudmilla Manetzkaya, an 11-year
 old girl, first caught the admiraPs at
 tention when he visited an orphanag
 at Yelta. He was captivated by tn girls smile and charm of manner,
 said, while Nina Furninan, S-year-olC
 he described as "very bright an
 cheerful" with a capable manner an great ability at looking after the othe children Eugenia Selifanova. 10, wa mother" to the party, the officer sait . Admiral McCully, who is 53, ha
 been on duty in Russia and nearb 1; waters five years and upon his arriv; ! today in Washington conferred wit Secretary Daniels The secretaI
 characterized Admiral McCully's q, cision to adopt the children as ''the b . act of big man with a big heart"