Lowell L. Fritz

Lowell L. Fritz was a conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Sherman; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on October 31, 1918; name listed on Judge Advocate General's file card entitled SABBATH DAY - REFUSAL TO WORK: "Accused, a seven-day Adventist, refused to do police work around the hospital on Saturday. …