Randolph Gaston Payne

Randolph Gaston Payne was a conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. 1 year. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; assigned to Casual Detachment, Conscientious Objectors, 155th Depot Brigade, Camp Lee (Virginia), Sept. 27, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); interviewed by Bd. in Aug. 1918 at Camp Lee; classed by Bd. as 1A; …