John W. Dewalt v. Commanding Officer, Fort Benning, Ga.

Petitioner, a 1st Lieutenant in the United States Army, seeks release from military service as a conscientious objector. The Army rejected his claim. The District Court dismissed his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

The sole question is whether there was a sufficient factual basis to support the Army’s denial of petitioner’s request for discharge as a conscientious objector. From our study of the record, we conclude the District Court properly determined that the Army’s disposition of petitioner’s request was substantiated by the facts.

While at Wheaton College (Illinois), John…