Leroy Horlacher

Released
Date of birth:18. 08. 1894
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Leroy Horlacher was a 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, reduced to 3 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: arrived at Camp Meade on Nov. 4, 1917 & assigned to Co. E, 315 Infantry; declared a CO on Nov. 9, 1917; interviewed by Bd. on July 24, 1918 at Meade; classified by Bd. first as 1B; charged with disobedience of orders; sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 3 years; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: 1920
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced to 3 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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