kitchen police
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Jimmy Durante got himself made "honorary brigadier general" and honorary head of kitchen police, at Camp Langdon, N.H.
From Time Magazine Archive
On which is kept a record of all details for guard duty, kitchen police, and other details for service in garrison and in the field, except the authorized special and extra duty details.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
Then he visited the kitchen police, who found something for him, after which he made the rounds of the mess tables, coming back to me actually bloated with food.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump
In the regular service the roster covers guard duty and other duties, notably kitchen, police and other fatigue work.
From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker
The excused list should include in each company only the mess sergeant, the two cooks, one kitchen police, and men on regimental guard.
From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry of the Army of the United States, 1917 To be used by Engineer companies (dismounted) and Coast Artillery companies for Infantry instruction and training by United States War Department
