Word: commandeering
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...Arthur Henry Rostron, rescuer-hero of the Titanic disaster,* flew his newly-acquired Commodore's burgee from the mainmast as the Cunard flagship Berengaria entered New York harbor. He succeeds the late Sir James Thomas Walter Charles, commander of the Aquitania, as chief of the Cunard fleet. Said he: "I have a real sorrow to think that I could not fly the commodore's burgee while Sir James was still alive. He was a fine seaman and a gentleman. The commodore's flag I have was his personal flag. One of the last orders he issued...
...long-tangled China problem. In Nanking, a tariff treaty was signed by the U. S., granting de facto recognition to the Nationalist regime of the Chinese Republic (see p.23). The Navy Department prepared to withdraw from Chinese waters some of the 56 U. S. warboats now there under command of Admiral Mark Lambert Bristol...
Cried Eleutherios Venizelos, "Let her go! I command it!" Physicians pronounced the bite "clean," scouted rumors of hydrophobia...
...Last Command. The General's heir, Umberto Obregon, 24, has possessed since he was 14 years old a Last Command from his father, who has spent at least a generation in imminent peril of Death. Command...
Soon there hove into sight the schooner yacht Elena, to be pronounced winner of the cup offered by King Alfonso for Class A boats. The small boats left New York June 30, followed eight days later by the Class A entries. Elihu Root Jr., and Paul Hammond were in command of the Nina; Owner William B. Bell of Manhattan commanded the Elena...