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Clark H. Getts

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

Clark H. Getts was a conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to life. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on July 3, 1918 at Camp Grant; charged with Disobedience of Orders; 1st classification = 3; sentenced to life or 75 years (not reduced?); a Socialist

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to life. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas