Biography
Christopher Blake was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Arkansas 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 draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on ___ at ___; charged with violation of 58th Article of War; sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 2 years; reason for stance =
Under Christopher Blake of Roseland, Arkansas, the compilation reports an initial five-year term reduced to two years. His existing biography already identifies the same World War I objector and reproduces that source name and sentence history.
Anne M. Yoder, World War I Conscientious Objector Database, retained CSV row 170.
