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Younger brothers Bob and Wilky went off to war and officered with distinction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Admittedly, pacification is lagging woefully, and the South's army, officered largely by opportunists or languid political appointees, is a major weakness.

From Time Magazine Archive

These Circles are groups of 20, organized by counties, each officered only by a secretary.

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Three weeks later they would return, clad in a motley array of khaki uniforms and armed with the weapons they had been taught to use in a crash program officered by Algerian "volunteers."

From Time Magazine Archive

The enemy, among whom was Hampden, were both better officered and better disciplined than heretofore, but they could not stand before the charge of the terrible Prince.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva