Biography
Alex Urocky was a conscientious objector from Michigan imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 2 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on Feb. 14, the Disciplinary Barracks ; charged with disobedience of orders; sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 2 years; not a U.S. citizen; a Russian; member of Union of Russian Workers; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth