John Grass

John Grass was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to life. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. at Camp Dix; classed by Bd. first as 3, later as “Special”; charged with disobedience of orders; court-martialed & sentenced to life to 20 years in prison (reduced?); his fiancee, Elsie Knepper, was part of Dec. …