Sentence examples for commandant of the land from inspiring English sources

With their freedom they put in a request to free the girl, who is at the moment being roughly handled by the commandant of the land.

Education was further restricted, the work of the zemstvos was hampered, and the village communes were brought under closer control in 1889 by the institution of the "land commandant" (zemsky nachalnik)—an official appointed by the Ministry of the Interior, usually a former officer or a local landowner, who interfered in all aspects of peasant affairs.

Used to work as: Commandant of the Marine Corps, among other commands.

He served as Colonel Commandant for the Australian Corps of Signals in Southern Command from June 1958 to June 1963, and was Colonel Commandant of the corps from September 1959 to December 1960.

The rank of a commandant depends upon the size and importance of his command: in the British Army a colonel commandant is the senior officer of a regiment; in the French Army a commandant is the commanding officer of a battalion, a rank equivalent to major; and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps is a four-star general.

The Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Pate, the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Commandant means Commandant of the Coast Guard or that person's authorized representative.

L. 115 232 substituted "Commandant" for "Commandant of the Coast Guard" in introductory provisions.

The other is Michael W. Hagee, formerly commandant of the Marine Corps.

Adm. Paul F. Zukunft, commandant of the Coast Guard, has been publicly optimistic.