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Jacob Schneider

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
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Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Jacob Schneider

Biography

Jacob Schneider was a conscientious objector imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Douglas. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.)

The Revolutionary Age of August 9, 1919 prints a letter received by the National Left Wing Conference on June 21, 1919 from political prisoners confined in the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. It lists Jacob Schneider among Socialist Party members, endorsing the letter's support for the Left Wing and its political aims. June 21 is the conference's receipt date, not an admission or release date; no individual charge or measured custody total is supplied.

The Revolutionary Age, August 9, 1919, printed page 8.

Case

Fort Douglas War Prison Barracks
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Utah