John T. Neufeld

John T. Neufeld was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Kansas. Drafted on June 26, 1918 and sent to Camp Cody, he refused military service, was court-martialed, and was sentenced to 25 years; he arrived at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth on July 25, 1918 as General Prisoner No. 13919. Like other objectors he was put to prison labor — his surviving barracks parole pass, dated November 30, 1918, permitted him to leave the gate at night to work the “Dairy Barn Night” shift. He was released on January 27, 1919. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.)