Charlie Henry Newkirk

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1910s
State:North Carolina
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Charlie Henry Newkirk was a conscientious objector from North Carolina 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: African-American; listed on Judge Advocate General's file card entitled SABBATH DAY - REFUSAL TO WORK ON: "Sept. 10, 1918" and on file card entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION -- REFUSAL TO WORK ON SABBATH: "Accused, a member of the Seventh Day Adventists Church refused to work on …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth. Judge Advocate General card-file decision September10,1918 approved conviction for refusal to work on Saturday as the Sabbath, court-martial119539. This is a decision date, not an arrest or admission date. Actual sentence length and release remain unresolved. Source: Swarthmore College Peace Collection World War I conscientious objectors database, individual Newkirk row citing RG153 and March10,1919 Mininger roster.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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