Biography
John Schmidt was a Quaker conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 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, 1919, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. in July ___ at Camp Devens; classified by Bd. as 2B; charged with disobedience of orders; sentenced to 15 years in prison (not reduced); reason for stance = pacifist, political
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
