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Show ADMIRAL PROUD OF NEWFUMILY1 Foster Father of 7 Russian Child Refugees Already Plans Their Future WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Having obtained ob-tained from the labor department an order for temporary admission i the seven Kussfan children he has tentatively tenta-tively adopted. Rear Admiral Newton! I A. McCully, former American high I Commissioner at Sebaslopol, left last I niKhl for New York to get the chll- 1 Idren, now at Ellis Island, and bring 'them here He said he would deposit the KJiiiu lioml r-f till . "I in the i is,, i.lj leach of the children us assurance that Ithcy will not become public charges Admiral McCully plans lo keep the Ichlldren here until their right to re-1 I main In the United States has been fully eetlbliehed- Afterward he will take them to hl boyhood home In Anderson, S. C, to introduce them to Ibis mother, who will assume temporary tempor-ary charge while the officer Is refurnishing refur-nishing and remodeling his Washington Washing-ton home for their residence, i Admiral McCully said he Intended to adopt the children formally If th was no legal bar. He had attended, he Bald, ti all legal matters in l:ua-sla l:ua-sla connected with being Kiven custody of the children. No difficulty was encountered, en-countered, h said because of the lei -Irlble conditions In tho region In which the children were living PICKED BY RANDOM. "These children are but Isolated Cases among hundreds of thousands of icnses,1' he said. "I did not carefully; select these seven but when 1 came laway, I decided that I should do somer j lining and I took the first 1 cami There were three others I wanted to bring but one was tubercular and I knew would not be admitted. In another an-other case, the mother gave-her consent con-sent to my adopting the child and at lhe last moment withdrew It, ami in the third case, the mother consented' but the father refused.'" "What are your plans for the future fu-ture of the children'.' he was asked, j ' "Well." was the reply, 1 being a ; bachelor, v ou tan miUKin,- it look me' some time to get my nerve up 10 k through with Ihls affair Now thai I am started, 1 like It better every minute." min-ute." It ICHELOR l ID'S PLAN. The admiral .-uid he hud "called a family council" to meet at Anderson, and added. "I hope that mj niece will take over the big job of supplying the necessary feminine influence in their lives. "It Is my intention to give them an all around education, When they an old enough, I shall iv,- (ham the opportunity op-portunity to return to ltussla and If iiiev care to stay, that will be their privilege If not, they win, of course, return to me. 1 Intend always to re-! main father" to them, although thus far they haven't gotten to the point of calling the by the patern'al name. Thej Call me uncle, and I am as well satls-fici satls-fici that it is that way for the pn-fj. ent for all thes,- switt developments are rather startling for a bachelor who has spent much of his life at sea." t II IRAfDfG "l N. .IKI. Admii-ai IfoCully said that IS -year-old Nikolai was founil In the trenches on the W range! front, acting as a mas ) cot for the soldiers. He was covered with vermin and dirt, but boasted proudly of having killed two bolshe-j vlkl. The admiral was not Inclined to' place much credence In the youths blood thirsty account. Loudmiln Moetzkava, an 11-year-old igirl, first caught the admiral's atten-' lion when be visited an orphanage at Yellu. He was captivated by the girl s smile and charm of manner, he said While Nina Furnlnan, eight years old. he described as "very bright and Cheerful," With u capable manner and great ability at luoklnx after the olbi i 'children Kugenia Selifanova, 1 !i was "mother" to the party, the officer 'said. I Admiral McCully. who i-. &3. has been on duty In Russian and nearby waters for five years and upon his arrival in Washington conferred with t Sec re la i Daniels. The secretary characterized Admiral McCully's decision decis-ion to adopt the children as "the big act of a big man with a big heart |