Nich. G. La Casselle

Nich. G. La Casselle was a conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Douglas. 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: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; interviewed by the Special Bd. on the charge of disobedience of orders; sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 3 years; imprisoned in Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; a member of the Socialist Party and the IWW; was not a U.S. …