Biography
Francis Steiner was a conscientious objector imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to __ years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: Sent to Ft. Leavenworth by the Bd. of Inquiry for 2nd hearing on June 20, 1918; sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to __ years; imprisoned in Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; a Socialist
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.
Confirmed Camp Funston guardhouse transfer
The signed report on treatment of conscientious objectors identifies Francis Steiner among those received at the Camp Funston Military Police Guard House on September 27, 1918. This is a confirmed facility receipt, not an independently established new arrest or beginning of all imprisonment. The September 5 and September 27 groups explicitly came from the Fort Riley guardhouse. Steiner is individually named in the September 27 assault account, October 8 solitary-confinement entry and October 9 hunger-strike entry. The report covers events through October 21 but does not supply an individual discharge date. Existing original-admission, release, sentence and total-duration fields are not replaced by this receipt date or calculated from a military sentence.
