Peter Passes

Peter Passes was a conscientious objector from Michigan 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: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on Feb. 14, the Disciplinary Barracks ; classed by Bd. as 1A; charged with violation of 64th Article of War; sentenced to 10 years in prison; a Russian (not a U.S. citizen); a Socialist; …