Chris E. Miller

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:Kansas
Support
Conscientious Objection Anti-War
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Biography

Chris E. Miller was a Kansas Mennonite conscientious objector assigned to Camp MacArthur, Texas, during World War I. He refused to cut fuel for a kitchen stove, drill, or wear the military uniform. He was court-martialed and sentenced to two years in prison. His record appears in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection’s World War I Conscientious Objectors database.

Case

Camp MacArthur
Charges: Refusal to perform military work, drill, or wear the uniform as a conscientious objector.
Sentence: Two years in prison.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Texas

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