Biography
Charley Parrett was a Pentecostal conscientious objector from Kentucky imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: named on Judge Advocate General's card file entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "Accused was convicted of disobedience of an order to report to the general mess for duty. The record shows that he had agreed to accept non-combatant service. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
