Rolla L. Wenger

Rolla L. Wenger was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (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; did noncombatant service (as an orderly in a base hospital at Camp Sherman) for 6 months; then was assigned to go overseas and refused; was courts-martialed; interviewed by the Board of Inquiry (?) on Feb. …