Biography
Elmer Leichty was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Zachary Taylor; refused uniform & to do work on grounds; court-martialed, along with over 100 other COs; sentenced to 10 years in prison; sent to Ft. Leavenworth on Oct. 4, 1918; part of Group 2 of C.O.s released in Jan. … The January 1919 Army Board of Inquiry found him to be a sincere conscientious objector who would have qualified for a furlough.
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
