Biography
Charles T. Clay was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma 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: sent to Camp Travis; named on Judge Advocate General's card file entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "An allegation that the accused did 'acting together, each with the other, jointly and severally disobey an order, imports that such action was taken 'in pursuance of a common …
The anthology identifies Oklahoma conscientious objector Charles Terrell Clay as one of the Churches of Christ prisoners at Fort Leavenworth and cites his autobiographical account.
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
