Biography
Brent Dow Allinson was charged with desertion. Sentenced to fifteen-to-twenty-five years (reduced to four), he was imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth from July 30, 1918 into 1921 — among the last WWI objectors released. (Recorded as Brent Dow Allinson of Chicago refused to register for the draft and)
An amnesty picnic announcement in the September issue identifies Brent Dow Allinson as a conscientious objector recently released from Leavenworth. This contemporary claim conflicts with the profile’s broader statement that confinement continued into 1921; it is preserved as a source discrepancy, without selecting an exact release day.
