John B.C. Woods

John B.C. Woods was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, not reduced. (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.; was British, but with U.S. papers; interviewed by Bd. at Leavenworth; not recognized by Bd. as a C.O.; charged with disobedience of orders; sentenced to 10 years in prison, not reduced; reasons for stance = Socialist, libertarian, anti-nationalist; …