Biography
Morris Trasken 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 25 years in prison, reduced to 1 year. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; arrived at Camp Meade on Sept. 27, 1917; declared a CO on same day; placed under arrest; interviewed by Bd. in July ___ at Meade and in ___ at Leavenworth; classified as 1A; charged with disobedience of orders; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
