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
The colonel, therefore, instead of sentencing him to be shot, kicked his buttocks roundly for him and assigned him to kitchen police.
From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)
On the way to Europe he had been in charge of the kitchen police on board the transport and here had earned himself the name of "Spuds" Murphy.
From Average Americans by Roosevelt, Theodore
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 Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
The line is especially long on mornings when they know we are in for two hours of “settin’-ups” or when some especially hard detail such as camp orderly or kitchen police has been handed out.
From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Crump, Irving
