Frank Emerson Harris

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

Frank Emerson Harris was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Colorado 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: refused to work under military orders at Camp Funston (KS); made to stand outdoors in cold weather at attention for many hours as punishment; from Dec. 14, 1917 to ??; sentenced to 25 years in prison; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on November 15, 1918; …

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 25 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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