Accordingly, we appointed men to tend the fires through the night just to make certain they did not falter.

Commanders generally appoint men to high level positions based on loyalty, rather than military skills.

He appointed several very able men to senior positions and they continued his work.

He appointed men to cabinet positions who were well known to be against any compromise with the southern states.

Instead he and his successors appointed men to the position, most often their own sons, a practice that lasted for a century.

He appointed loyal military men in their place.

Most likely the former; he tended to appoint men to the estate only after he'd met their wives, too.

A part of the Interior ministers used that for appointing faithful men and giving jobs to the party center.

She points out that expertise is an obvious criterion for appointing either men or women.

He might have made away with that fund, if you hadn't appointed trustworthy men to keep it.