Court-Martial of Harry L. Charles — Camp Travis, Texas (June 1918)

· 1918 · Mennonite Central Committee · Mennonite Central Committee — Civilian Public Service Archive

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Excerpts from the proceedings of a general court-martial convened at Camp Travis, Texas, on June 7, 1918, at which Harry L. Charles and 41 conscientious objectors were tried under the 64th Article of War for refusing the order to wear the uniform. Charles, a Quaker from Woodward County, Oklahoma, spoke on behalf of the forty-one defendants. From the Schowalter Oral History Collection (Henry J. Becker file). Sourcebook, pp. 69–79.