Ernest Louis Meyer

Ernest Louis Meyer was a conscientious objector from Wisconsin imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: objected on “personal” grounds; see his book for more information. "He wrote concerning his appearance before the board : 'Briefly, the bone of contention was the depth and sincerity of my conscientious objection to force when I particularly stipulated it was directed against …