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Clarence G. Maurer

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:California
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Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Clarence G. Maurer was a Quaker conscientious objector from California imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Ft. Riley; sentenced to 25 years in prison; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth; part of Group 2 of C.O.s released in Jan. …

Clarence George Maurer was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed and confined at the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas. When the U.S. Army's Board of Inquiry examined him at Fort Leavenworth on January 4–5, 1919, it concluded that he was a sincere conscientious objector who would have qualified for a furlough.

Cases

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 27).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas
Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Verdict as recorded: Yes — court-martialed for refusing military service.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas