Biography
Jake Edd Tschetter was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Montana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Cody; during courts-martial trial, camp psychologist testified that Tschetter was of "sub-normal mentality" and "slightly below normal in intelligence" as evidence that he was a malingerer and insincere as a C.O.; sentenced to 15 years in prison; imprisoned at Ft. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
