Original sentence: ISBN  1-931038-09-0.Mock, Melanie Springer (2003).The CPS Story: An Illustrated History of Civilian Public Service, pp.The government failed to take into account that some conscientious objectors viewed any cooperation with the military as contributing to the war effort.The mistreatment received by these absolute COs included short rations, solitary confinement and physical abuse so severe as to cause the deaths of two Hutterite draftees.Their refusal to put on a uniform or cooperate in any way caused difficulties for both the government and the COs.Writing Peace: The Unheard Voices of Great War Mennonite Objectors, Cascadia Publishing House
Edited sentence: COs claimed to be mistreated in theses camps, their claims of abuse included short rations, solitary confinement and physical abuse so severe as to cause the deaths of two Hutterite draftees.The CPS Story, pp