Biography
Henry Schneider was a conscientious objector imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed in July ___ at Meade; classified first as 1A; sentenced to 15 years in prison ; imprisoned in Ft. Leavenworth & Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; imprisoned on Dec. 30, 1918; released from Ft. Douglas in Dec. 1919 just before Christmas; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
