Ignatz L. Lahuta

Ignatz L. Lahuta 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 1 year. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on June 17, 1918 at Upton, on July 19, 1918 at Leavenworth, and on Feb. 14, the Disciplinary Barracks ; charged with Disobedience of Orders; 1st classification by Bd. = 1A, 2nd classification by Bd. = 6; …