COMMAND GOVERNMENT FUND
24F-2NT, 1997-08-26
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            U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.  20549

                           FORM 24F-2
                Annual Notice of Securities Sold
                     Pursuant to Rule 24f-2

    Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
                     Please print or type.


     1.   Name  and address of issuer:  Command Government  Fund,
          Gateway Center Three, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark,  New
          Jersey 07102-4077.

     2.   Name  of  each series or class of funds for which  this
          notice is filed:  The Fund offers one class of shares.

     3.   Investment Company Act File Number:  811-3251.
          Securities Act File Number:  2-73901.

     4.   Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:
          June 30, 1997.

     5.   Check  box if this notice is being filed more than  180
          days  after the close of the issuer's fiscal  year  for
          purposes  of reporting securities sold after the  close
          of   the  fiscal  year  but before termination  of  the
          issuer's  24f-2 declaration:
                                                       [ ]

     6.   Date  of termination of issuer's declaration under rule
          24f-2(a)(1), if applicable (see instruction A.6):

     7.   Number  and amount of securities of the same  class  or
          series  which had been registered under the  Securities
          Act  of  1933 other than pursuant to rule  24f-2  in  a
          prior  fiscal  year, but which remained unsold  at  the
          beginning of the fiscal year: None    /$ None

     8.   Number  and amount of securities registered during  the
          fiscal year other than pursuant to rule 24f-2: None

     9.   Number  and  aggregate sale price  of  securities  sold
          during the fiscal year: 2,574,001,749 /$2,574,001,749

    10.   Number  and  aggregate sale price  of  securities  sold
          during   the  fiscal year in reliance upon registration
          pursuant to  rule 24f-2: 2,574,001,749 /$2,574,001,749

    11.   Number  and  aggregate sale price of securities  issued
          during  the  fiscal  year in connection  with  dividend
          reinvestment  plans,  if  applicable  (see  instruction
          B.7):  25,996,247 /$25,996,247
    12.   Calculation of registration fee:

          (i)  Aggregate sale price of securities
               sold during the fiscal year in
               reliance on rule 24f-2 (from item 10):  2,574,001,749

        (ii)  Aggregate price of shares issued in
              connection with dividend reinvestment
              plans (from item 11, if applicable):     + 25,996,247

       (iii)  Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
              repurchased during the fiscal year
              (if applicable):                         - 2,565,279,950

        (iv)  Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
              repurchased and previously applied
              as a reduction to filing fees
              pursuant to rule 24e-2
              (if applicable):                         +

         (v)  Net aggregate price of securities
              sold and issued during the fiscal
              year in reliance of rule 24f-2
              [line (i), plus line (ii), less
              line (iii), plus line (iv)]
              (if applicable):                          34,718,046

        (vi)  Multiplier prescribed by section
              6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933
              or other applicable law or regulation
              (see instruction C.6):                   x       1/3300

       (vii)  Fee due [line (i) or line (v)
              multiplied by line (vi)]:                   10,520.62

Instructions:  Issuers  should complete lines (ii),  (iii),  (iv)
               and (v) only if the form is being filed within  60
               days  after the close of the issuer's fiscal year.
               See Instruction C.3.

    13.   Check   box   if  fees  are  being  remitted   to   the
          Commission's lockbox depository as described in section
          3a  of  the  Commission's Rules of Informal  and  Other
          Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).
                                              [X]

           Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the
Commission's lockbox depository:


                           SIGNATURES

     This  report has been signed below by the following  persons
     on  behalf  of the issuer and in the capacities and  on  the
     dates indicated.

                              /s/ S. Jane Rose
                              By (S. Jane Rose, Secretary)

     Date:  August 25, 1997














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Prudential Investments Fund
     Management LLC
Gateway Center Three
100 Mulberry Street, 9th Floor
Newark, N.J.  07102-4077

                 Re:   Command Government Fund
                                     Rule    24f-2
Notice for Fiscal Year
                                   Ended June  30,
                    1997

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     You  have requested our opinion as to certain
matters  of  Massachusetts  law  relating  to  the
organization and shares of Command Government Fund
(originally named "Eagle Government Trust"), a Mas
sachusetts  trust  with transferable  shares  (the
"Fund"), established pursuant to a Declaration  of
Trust  dated  August 19, 1981, as amended  January
29,  1982, and further amended and restated by  an
Amended  and  Restated Declaration of Trust  dated
August  19,  1987 (as so amended, and amended  and
restated,  the  "Declaration") in connection  with
the Fund's filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") of its Notice for  the  fis
cal  year  ended June 30, 1997 (the "Notice")  pur
suant to the SEC's Rule 24f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended

     We  have  reviewed the actions taken  by  the
Trustees of the Fund to organize the Fund  and  to
authorize  the  issuance and  sale  of  shares  of
beneficial interest, one cent ($.01) per share par
value, of the shares authorized by the Declaration
(the   "Shares").   In  this  connection  we  have
examined  the Declaration and the By-laws  of  the
Fund, the Notice, the Prospectus and Statement  of
Additional  Information  included  in  the  Fund's
Registration  Statement on Form N-1A, certificates
of Trustees and officers of the Fund and of public
officials  as to matters of fact, and  such  other
documents  and instruments, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, and such questions
of  law  and fact, as we have considered necessary
or   appropriate  for  purposes  of  the  opinions
expressed herein.  We have assumed the genuineness
of the signatures on, and the authenticity of, all
documents  furnished to us, and the conformity  to
the  originals  of documents submitted  to  us  as
copies, which facts we have not independently veri
fied.

      Based upon and subject to the foregoing,  we
hereby advise you that, in our opinion, under  the
laws of Massachusetts:

     1.The  Fund  is validly existing as  a  trust
       with   transferable  shares  of  the   type
       commonly  called  a Massachusetts  business
       trust.

     2.The   Fund   is  authorized  to  issue   an
       unlimited  number  of  Shares;  the  Shares
       issued  by the Fund during the fiscal  year
       ended  June 30, 1997 (the "Issued  Shares")
       have  been  duly and validly authorized  by
       all  requisite  action of the  Trustees  of
       the  Fund,  and  no  action  of  the  share
       holders  of  the Fund is required  in  such
       connection.

     3.The Issued Shares have been validly and  le
       gally  issued, and all of the Issued Shares
       which   remain  outstanding  at  the   date
       hereof  are  fully paid and  non-assessable
       by the Fund.

     With   respect  to  the  opinion  stated   in
paragraph 3 above, we wish to point out  that  the
shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust may
under  some circumstances be subject to assessment
at   the   instance  of  creditors  to   pay   the
obligations  of such trust in the event  that  its
assets are insufficient for the purpose.

     This letter expresses our opinions as to  the
provisions  of  the Declaration and  the  laws  of
Massachusetts   applying   to   business    trusts
generally,   but   does   not   extend   to    the
Massachusetts  Securities  Act,  or   to   federal
securities or other laws.

     We  hereby  consent  to the  filing  of  this
opinion  with  the  SEC  in  connection  with  the
Notice.  In giving such consent, we do not thereby
concede  that  we  come  within  the  category  of
persons whose consent is required under Section  7
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                                   Very      truly
yours,
     


                                   SULLIVAN      &
WORCESTER LLP



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                    COMMAND GOVERNMENT FUND
                Gateway Center Three, 9th Floor
                      100 Mulberry Street
                  Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077



                                                  August 25, 1997


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20549

          Re:  Command Government Fund
               File Nos. 2-73901 and 811-3251

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     On behalf of Command Government Fund enclosed
for  filing, under the Investment Company  Act  of
1940, are:

     (1)  the Form 24F-2 for the Fund; and

     (2)  an opinion of counsel to the Fund.

     These     documents    are    being     filed
electronically via the EDGAR System. A filing  fee
in  the amount of $10,520.62 has been wired to the
Fund's account at Mellon Bank.

     If  you  have any questions relating  to  the
foregoing,  please call the undersigned  at  (201)
367-7530.

                                   Sincerely,


                                   /s/   S.   Jane
Rose
                                   S. Jane Rose
                                   Secretary



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