Biography
Walfred E. Marker was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, reduced to 2. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. in Feb. 1919 at Leavenworth; charged with disloyalty?; sentenced to 10 years in prison, reduced to 2.5 years; reason for stance = religious; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
