Biography
Paul A. Oehme was a conscientious objector from Massachusetts 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: named on Judge Advocate General's card file entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "Having voluntarily accepted service in the Medical Corps, accused was under the duty of absolute obedience of orders given him in that branch of the service. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
