The gendarmery numbers about 4000 men, or 1 to 825 of the inhabitants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

If Mother Mastiff had retained enough presence of mind to remember that the Drallarian gendarmery occasionally employed the services of tracking animals-for the first time hope crowded despair from Flinx's thoughts.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Love of Mother-Not]

The mounted gendarmery, too, came up and turned against them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Marie Antoinette]

As soon as the gendarmery left at two o'clock this morning, Kurds and others began looting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

A few charges had been made by the gendarmery in dispersing crowds, and a few random shots had been fired.    From Wordnik.com.  [Louis Philippe Makers of History Series] Reference

Terrorists opened fire on a military vehicle carrying gendarmery teams near Sazak village 10 km away from Resadiye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

Thereupon, at the suggestion of Mme. Morestal, who had taken up the second receiver, she asked to be put on to the gendarmery.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Frontier] Reference

ISTANBUL (A. A) - 22.03.2009 - Turkish police and gendarmery arrested three terrorists in the city of Istanbul, governor said on Saturday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turkish Digest] Reference

An operation was launched in the region where three gendarmery specialized sergeants were killed in Cukurca town of the southeastern province of Hakkari.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hurriyet Dailynews] Reference

The Swiss Guard of about a thousand men were all trustworthy; and there was also a small body of heavy cavalry of the gendarmery who had proved true enough to resist all the seductions of the conspirators.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Marie Antoinette]

On learning of the place of confinement of the woman who had been arrested, he presented himself at the doors, and passed so well for a smart young officer of gendarmery that the sentry saluted and sprang to attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Souls] Reference