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OBJECTORS ARESENT TO PRISONSeven Adams County Boysin List of Twenty-sevenSent to Leavenworth.ARE COURT MARTAILEDRefused to Obey Orders ofCommanders to PlantGrass Seed at Camp.According to a story sent out from Camp Taylor, under date of October1st, and published in the NorthernIndianian. Warsaw, seven Adams county drafted men have been sentenced to ten years at hard labor at Fort Leavenworth prison for refusing to obey the commands of their officers. In the list also are twenty other “conscientious objectors.“ each of whom has been sentenced to from ten to fifteen years. The story as printed follows:Cam Taylor. Ky.. Oct. 4—The following men sent to Camp Taylor from this county by the local military board, were sentenced to hard labor at Fort Leavenworth prison from the 19th depot brigade, S4th division. Major General Harry C. Hale commanding. The sentences were confirmed and announced before a court matial Saturday afternoon. Twentyseven “conscientious objectors” refused to obey the lawful command of their officers, which were to plan grass'seed* around the camp hospital:Those from Adams county were: Jofcn Leichty, ten years.Walter Sprunger. ten years.Tilman Soldner. ten years.Abe Xeuenschwander, ten years. William Nussbaum. ten years. ’ *Elmer Leichty, ten years.Omar Xeuenschwander. ten years. Those from other places in northern Indiana are:Claude 0. Cuip. Goshen, ten years. Enos M. Hooley. Elkhart, ten years* Ren Metzler, Nnppanee* ten years,IA brother. Ray Meizler, was given twenty years at Leavenworth some time ago.)Earl I. Garber. 6oshen. ten years. Russell Lantz, Topeka, ten years. Owen J. Miller, Goshen, ten years. Charles W. Bolley. ten years.Jess E. Myers, fifteen years.Philip H. Pound, ten years.Thomas J. Taylor, fifteen years. Clason Miller, ten years.Ivan and Oscar Hostetler, ten years.Amos Bontrager. ten years.Will Helminger, ten years.Forest Hostetler, ten years.Jos. Murch, twenty years.• Paul Whiteley, eleven years.Chariqs H. Walter, ten years.The Elkhart district number one, already had fifteen men at Fort Leavenworth. and with six more, now has twenty-one.micc mavpr notmr; well
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Decatur Daily Democrat
Decatur, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 05, 1918
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