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| | PVT. GEORGE P. SCRIMGER
Serial No. 2,017,045
North Branch, Mich.
Private Scrimger was also a member of the 310th Ammunition Train. During our activities he acted as Gas Guard, whose duties consist of warning the men of approach of gas and seeing that they had their gas masks in proper position to be ready for an alarm. Also to see that all curtains were in front of dugouts. These curtains were saturated with a neutralizing solution to abate the effects of gas. It is the duty of a Gas Guard to not only expose himself to it by inhalation, but he must also go down into dugouts and see if it is there.
He was one of Corporal McKenzie’s gas hounds, and a good one at that.
In competition with Cleary and Gennrich, he always had a select flock of cooties. It is an unexplainable thing that those persecuting pests annoy some more than others, regardless of how tireless they may be in chasing them.
He was of medium height, of active movement and buoyant of step. He was a member of the Provost Guard. Fond of asking questions and was a congenial buddie.
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