Biography
St. William Thomas was a conscientious objector from Washington 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: did not register on June 5, 1917; instead, notified draft board of being a C.O. before going to camp; charge = Disobedience of Orders; interviewed by Bd. on Aug. 25, 1918 at Camp Lee and on Feb. 14, at the Disciplinary Barracks ; first classification by Bd. was 3-1A; …
The compilation explicitly reports a ten-year hard-labor sentence at Fort Leavenworth on November 9, 1918, while qualifying its explanation of his preceding refusal as supposed rather than established. The variant Williams Thomas in one list is not used to merge any other profile.
Anne M. Yoder, World War I Conscientious Objector Database, retained CSV row 2069.
