Emanuel Silver

Emanuel Silver was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 25 years in prison - reduced to 2. (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.; reason for being a C.O. = humanitarian; interviewed by Bd. in July ___ at Riley and in July ___ at Leavenworth; charged with Disobedience of Orders; sentenced to 25 years in prison - reduced to 2.5 years; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth & Ft. …