Sentence examples for the first commandant from inspiring English sources

Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi), who had become a close associate of Sun, was chosen to be the first commandant of the academy, and Liao Zhongkai (Liao Chung-k'ai) became the party representative, or chief political officer.

The first commandant of the camp was Franz Stangl, who, like many of his staff of 30 SS (Nazi paramilitary corps) men, was a veteran of the T4 Program to murder the infirm and disabled.

On 4 April, Cyril Naryshkin, the first Commandant of Saint Petersburg, received orders for twenty 18-pounder guns to be sent to Viborg from Narva (through Saint Petersburg), "by land or by sea, whichever path is more convenient," and 9,000 cannonballs along with them.

At the official residence of the Commandant of the Marine Corps Barracks and Parade Ground on 8th Street SE, there are stories which talk about rustling papers, the sound of a man pacing, and the appearance of the ghostly image of Samuel Nicholas, the first Commandant of the Marine Corps.

The second commandant of Treblinka II, Franz Stangl, managed to escape with his wife and children from Austria to Brazil in 1951.

Mr. Chiang was the academy's first commandant, appointed by Sun Yat-sen, the idealistic firebrand who wanted to build an army that would unite China.

He was the yard's first commandant.

Another Duntroon graduate, Air Commodore Hancock, became the college's first commandant.

In early 1899, Tilley was assigned the task of overseeing the station construction and becoming its first commandant.

Its first commandant, Theodor Eicke, created the organizational structure for the camp.

"Because I'm the first woman commandant, I am highly motivated to do the best job I can," she said.