1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean?

[W Brewer]

Jonathan Lighter wrote: <<<no littering of any kind was tolerated. xxx  the
drill sergeant would make him "police that butt!" (i.e., pick it up).>>>
WB:  In 1968-69, I never dug a butthole for cigarette butts. (Did dig
catholes, but that was a different SOP, for when latrines were
unavailable.) A soldier would FIELD STRIP his own cigarette butt: peel the
paper off and scatter the leftover tobaco. POLICE CALL was an order to line
the troops up abreast and police up a field. Disposal was usually in a bag.
KP (kitchen police: how ironic).

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