Possible Clues:

• House evacuated, surrounded by top command
• An authoritative command
• Command heartless animal to bite that man
• Order the man to get in cream
• Order to emulate Ben Hur star? That's not on
• The man's being inducted into lay order
• Request
• The man in optimum environment for command
• Top man in command
• Ambassador's to be dressed in cream — and that's an order