UNITED STATES EX REL. CONFIELD v. TILLSON

Civ. A. No. 1535.

312 F.Supp. 831 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel., Pvt. Stuart A. CONFIELD, United States Army, SSAN: 148-36-8860, Co. B, 8th Bn., USASESS, Fort Gordon, Georgia, Petitioner, v. John C. F. TILLSON, III, Major General, United States Army, Commanding General, Fort Gordon, Georgia, and Stanley R. Resor, Secretary of the Army, Respondents.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Augusta Division.

April 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruffin, Jr., Augusta, Ga., Howard Moore, Jr., Peter E. Rindskopf, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.

R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr., U. S. Atty., William T. Morton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Augusta, Ga., for respondents.


ORDER

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner seeks release from military service as a conscientious objector. He was inducted into the Army in March, 1969, and underwent Basic Combat Training at Fort Dix, receiving a rating of excellent in conduct and efficiency. He was assigned to the Signal School at Fort Gordon in July of the same year.

On October 1, 1969, Private Confield applied for discharge on conscientious objectorship grounds. His application...

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