The phrase "and commanding them" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is giving orders or instructions to a group of people or entities.
Example: "The leader stood before the crowd, raising his voice and commanding them to follow his vision for the future."
Alternatives: "and instructing them" or "and directing them".
His eyes widened, too, when he first experienced one of the coach's favoured drills: having his side enact full-scale practice matches without opponents and commanding them to repeat the same moves over and over until the players are begging to stop.
Tracy Morgan wasn't attacking an audience member, a la Michael Richards, and he wasn't speaking as a representative of NBC or as his character on 30 Rock, so running to his "parents" and commanding them to discipline him -- demanding that NBC fire him outright -- is an abusive overreaction and a slightly underhanded move.
This time I got a clan of spider warriors from the Forbidden Swamp, which seemed promising, and commanded them to do my bidding.
The creator deity Brahma relegated the nagas to the nether regions when they became too populous on earth and commanded them to bite only the truly evil or those destined to die prematurely.
Despite almost certainly never having heard of him – a deficiency that doesn't hold him back here – His Royal Highness should recall Bertolt Brecht's parable about the troubled king of the east who summoned his wise men and commanded them to inquire into the source of all the miseries in the world.
He then had his crew tie him to the mast and commanded them not to release him under any circumstances.
On the sixth day, he created humans (Adam and Eve) and commanded them to utilize everything he created.
He summoned the superiors of the mendicant orders and commanded them to stop their members from attacking Erasmus in their sermons; instead, if they truly believed that Erasmus' works were harmful, he told them to meet in private and compile lists of any heresies and errors and then present these lists before a special inquisitorial commission that he would appoint.
In 1813, he raised a company of volunteers and commanded them at the Battle of Fort Meigs.
Shortly afterwards, Montejo the Younger summoned the local Maya lords and commanded them to submit to the Spanish Crown.
It makes no sense to gather strangers in a room and command them to talk about religion.
