Word: commandants
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chief matter of note about the Mission is that it is composed chiefly of men who command a large following in the several groups of the French Parliament. It looks as if Wizard Caillaux plans to insure beforehand that any agreement which he may make at Washington will be approved at home and promptly ratified...
When the U. S. Fleet returns shortly from Australia waters, one of the Navy Department's periodic shakeups, in which officers are alternated between fleet and shore service, will place the two former midshipmen in ranking command of the U. S. Naval forces afloat, Admiral Samuel S. Robison, sturdy, stocky determined, dark complex-loned with iron gray hair and a close cropped mustache, will become Commander in Chief of the U. S. Fleet, succeeding Admiral Coontz. And Admiral Charles F. Hughes, "huge friendly and dynamic," ruddy-complexioned and bushily mustached, will assume the second ranking command-that...
...Lyautey Africanus" - surrendered his command to Marshal Petain and announced that he had been called to Paris to consult with the Government. Lyautey, who is 71, has been one of the builders of the French Colonial Empire. At one time he pacified Madagascar and even before the War, was Resident General in Morocco, where he has shown that he is as much a diplomat as a military man. It is likely that the great task of organizing the last few week intensive offenses before the winter sets in is to be placed on the younger shoulders of Marshal Petain...
When Italy entered the War von Hoetzendorf was made Field Marshal and given command of the Italian front. He served there without much success until 1918 when Field Marshal von Koevess replaced...
Pith-helmeted Britishers, suckled on the strong wine of an imperial tradition, reared to carry a white man's burden without stooping, made rendezvous at their Hongkong clubs, waited the word of command. A cruiser, a team of gunboats, coaled up in the harbor...