Sentence examples for command of state from inspiring English sources
No troops have yet been deployed, as the National Guard, under the command of state officials, typically is the first called out to help in disasters.
There are two immediate questions for voters: Why did the governor select David Johnson, a man with a troubled background and no demonstrated command of state government policies or practices (at one time he was the governor's driver) to be his most powerful, most trusted adviser?
A wave of locally-focused community leaders has brought to Los Angeles candidates for office who read, believe in science and wield a strong command of state-of-the-art urban policy and practice.
Of particular note was an early conflict with Georgia's state government, which insisted that the governor of that state retain command of the state's militia during military engagements.
After Connecticut and Massachusetts squabbled with the federal government over command of the state militias, newspapers and politicians proposed that the states should hold on to their federal tax revenues in order to pay for the militias themselves.
Also by this morning, the National Guard had activated more than 11,600 soldiers and airmen from 29 states who, for the moment, remain under the command of the state governors.
Nevertheless, after returning to Kansas he promptly seized command of the state volunteer brigade, which he helped organize.
Ms. Durkee is part of a specialized California industry of treasurers who have a command of the state's campaign finance regulations.
But in June 1861, having been given command of the state militia, he organized a small army of 5,000 pro-Confederate troops in southwestern Missouri.
Arrested in his Indiana home by the Union general in command of the state, Milligan had been active in a secret society friendly to the Confederate cause.
I've no inherent objection to the death penalty; I concur that certain actions are so evil that whoever commits them deserves death by command of the state.
