The Commanding Officer is a 1915 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan that was based upon a play by Theodore Burt.

The film stars Alice Dovey, Donald Crisp, Marshall Neilan, Douglas Gerrard, Ethel Phillips, Russell Bassett, and Bob Emmons.

[1][2] When Colonel Archer does not want to lend money to Captain Waring, he borrows that amount from Brent Lindsay in the village in exchange for his promissory note.

Both Waring and Lindsay court Floyd Bingham, a retired colonel's daughter.

On the advice of her father, she accepts Archer's marriage proposal, who has to take care of the two children of his dead sister.