Classification scheme:
Hist.Mss.11.5
Dates of creation: 1914-1918; microfilmed in 1975
3 35mm microfilm reels
The following research project consists of 98 case files (CFs) containing the transcripts of court-martials involving 131 conscientious objectors court-martialed during W.W. I. The records are of the office of the Judge Advocate General (Army), record group 153, and a part of the National Archives of the United States. They were compiled during the summer of 1975 by Duane Goertz assisted by Carl Edwards.
The CFs themselves are arranged alphabetically within two sections as shown in the table of contents. The first and largest section contains the names, religious denominations and CF numbers of 96 persons court-martialed individually. The second section lists the names, religious denominations and CF numbers of those persons court-martialed collectively; 31 in CF 116001 and 4 in CF 116306.
With few exceptions these 131 religious conscientious objectors represent various branches of the Mennonite church. The abbreviations used in the table of contents to denote these various denominations are listed below.
| MC | Mennonite Church |
| GC | General Conference Mennonite Church |
| MB | Mennonite Brethren |
| K | Krimmer Mennonite Brethren |
| CIC | Central Illinois Conference |
| MBC | Mennonite Brethren in Christ |
| H | Holdeman Mennonite |
| IC | Independent Christian |
| OOA | Old Order Amish |
| HU | Hutterite |
| WM | Wisler Mennonite |
| AC | Amish Christian |
| CGCM | Church of God in Christ, Mennonite |
| D | Defenseless |
| MBNA | Mennonite Brethren North America |
| OGB | Old German Baptist |
| WeM | Wesleyan Methodist |
Custodial History: The microfilms were purchased from the Mennonite Library and Archives, North Newton, Kansas.
| Name | Denomination | Case File |
| Aschliman Ura | MC | 119350 |
| Baergen, Gerhard M. | GC | 122291 |
| Baltzer, Benjamin | MB | 122598 |
| Barkman, Jacob Hart | K | 122503 |
| Becker, John J | GC | 125928 |
| Blough, Henry Do | CIC | 115378 |
| Bonteager, Amos | MC | 115532 |
| Brenneman, Jessie L. | MBC | 115067 |
| Christophel, Allen B. | MC | 115379 |
| Culp, Claude C. | MC | -115717 |
| Curtis, Homer B. | MBC | 115068 |
| Dirks, Isaac To | GC | 115799 |
| Dirksen, Peter P. | GC | 116268 |
| Bash, Joseph | MC | 115201 |
| Fast, Bernard E. | GC | 122214 |
| Fast, Henry C. | GC | 122213 |
| Goertz, Abraham | GC | 122365 |
| Graber, Charley | GC | 122218 |
| Graber, Ira B. | MC | 119488 |
| Harder, John E. | GC | 116729 |
| Hartzler, Jesse D. | MC | 123397 |
| Heppner, Peter | GC | 116494 |
| Hershberger, Chris | OOA | 120928 |
| Hershberger, Elmer | MC | 115069 |
| Hershberger, Samuel M. | OOA | 122106 |
| Hess, Maurice | OGB | 122512 |
| Hewett, Austin C. | WeM | 112936 |
| Hiebert, David O. | GC | 122294 |
| Hiebert, Peter | GC | 122364 |
| Hochstetler, Ivan | MC | 115529 |
| Hochstetler, Oscar | MC | 115530 |
| Hofer, Andrew Adolph | GC | 122486 |
| Hofer, Andrew Anna | K | 122362 |
| Hofer, Jacob M. | GC | 124363 |
| Hooley, Enos N. | MC | 115677 |
| Hostetler, Elbert | MC | 116730 |
| Hostetler, Forrest | MC | 115722 |
| Johnson, Peter | GC | 122692 |
| Klassen, Frank | GC | 116393; |
| Kleinsasser, Paul | HU | 126210 |
| Kleinsasser, Samuel | HU | 126211 |
| Klippenstein, Gerhard J. | GC | 116096 |
| Lantz, Russell A. | MC | 115675 |
| Leatherman, Noah | H | 122369 |
| Leichty, Elmer | GC | 115536 |
| Loewen, Herman | GC | 122499 |
| Martens, Jacob N. | MB | 122363 |
| Martin, Henry | WM | 127194 |
| Mazelin, Jacob P. | AC | 115535 |
| Metzler, Ray | MC | 118745 |
| Metzler, Ren | MC | 115678 |
| Hiller, Chris E. | MC | 121854 |
| Miller, Ernest | MC | 123342 |
| Miller, George S. | MC | 123113 |
| Hiller, Henry H. | OOA | 116392 |
| Miller, John | OOA | 122368 |
| Hiller, Owen J. | OOA | 115714 |
| Miller, Payson | MC | 115716 |
| Neuenschwander, Abraham | MC | 115531 |
| Neuenschwander, Omar | GC | 115725 |
| Neufeld, Abraham F. | GC | 117897 |
| Neufeld John T. | GC | 117896 |
| Nickel, David | MB | 123314 |
| -Nussbaum, Albert S. | MC | 123065 |
| Nussbaum, William | MC | 115533 |
| Pankratz, Peter | GC | 122752 |
| Plenert, John J. | MC | 122292 |
| Ramer, John | WM | 119478 |
| Reimer, Herman F. | MB | 116130 |
| Richer, Menno | MC | 115204 |
| Riffell, Harry | MBC | 119541 |
| Schmidt, Allen | CGCM | 122508 |
| Schmidt, Carl A. | GC | 122513 |
| Schmidt, Daniel J. | CGCM | 122220 |
| Schmidt, Jake | MB | 116094 |
| Schowalter, A-nos | MC | 122222 |
| Smeltzer, John H. | MC | 121194 |
| Soldner, Tillman H. | GC | 115723 |
| Sommers, Harry | MC | 115205 |
| Springer, Edward | HC | 116498 |
| Sprunger, Walter | GC | 115718 |
| Swartzendruber, Emmanuel | OOA | 119490 |
| Swartzentrufer, Levi | OOA | 117230 |
| Thomas, Evan | IC | 121505 |
| Toevs, John J. | MC | 116728; |
| Troyes, David | OOA | 119925 |
| Tschetter, Jack E. | GC | 116507 |
| Villiard, Paul | MC | 116506 |
| Voth, Cornelius | GC | 122481 |
| Waller, Joseph B. | MC | 108246 |
| Walter, Jacob M. | D | 125677 |
| Walter, Joe M. | D | 125676 |
| Waltner, Ed J. | GC | 116095 |
| Wiebe, Henry | MBNA | 123318 |
| Wurz, Joseph H. | MC | 121564 |
| Yoder, Daniel S. | OOA | 121292 |
| CF 1166001 (Mennonites only) | Denomination |
| Becker.' He | GC |
| Berg, David | GC |
| Boese, Hen | GC |
| Butz, Fred F | MC |
| Bash, Reub | MC |
| Esau, Henry | H |
| Franz, Henr | MB |
| Prey, Herm | GC |
| Jantz, Jaco | GC |
| Jantz, Jose | GC |
| Jantz, Willia | GC |
| Janzen, Jac | GC |
| Klassen, Jo | GC |
| Nightingale, | GC |
| Penner, Abr | CGCM |
| Penner, Joh | MB |
| Quiring, Pet | GC |
| Ratzlaff, He | MB |
| Ratzlaff, Ja | GC |
| Schmidt, Aa | GC |
| Schmidt, Da | GC |
| Schmidt, Fr | GC |
| Schroeder, | GC |
| Schultz, Alb | CGCM |
| Tuescher, D | MC |
| Unruh, Hein | GC |
| Unruh, Pete | GC |
| Unruh, Simo | GC |
| Vogt, Cornel | MBC |
| Voth, Albert | GC |
| Wagner, Ad | GC |
| CF 116306 | Denomination |
| Hofer, David J. | HU |
| Hofer, Joseph J. | HU |
| Hofer, Michael | HU |
| Wipf, Jacob J. | HU |