Biography
Clarence G. Maurer was a Quaker conscientious objector from California imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Ft. Riley; sentenced to 25 years in prison; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth; part of Group 2 of C.O.s released in Jan. …
Clarence George Maurer was a World War I conscientious objector who refused military service and was court-martialed and confined at the Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks in Kansas. When the U.S. Army's Board of Inquiry examined him at Fort Leavenworth on January 4–5, 1919, it concluded that he was a sincere conscientious objector who would have qualified for a furlough.
Custody record
The cited World War I archival record does not establish a one-day imprisonment. The imposed sentence and the period actually spent in custody are different; no exact duration is recorded here unless supported by custody records.
The source conflicts over a January 27 discharge and possible continued confinement into February after refusal to sign papers. An exact final discharge remains unresolved.
