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