Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-09-19
TRANSMISSION SAVES
LIFE Of LIEUT..
ALBERT.
Wonderful Bravery Shown
by Well Know Boise Man
Friend Gives Blood.

Stranesf CO iDcid- nts are tcld o
the great contest for the preserva
tion Of civilization waged on tht
5 battlefields Of France, but none i:
tstranger than that CT lieutenant
lester Albert, formerly CT Bose
who, although badly wclnIed, shcw.
ed wonderful courage, and whosc life
was saved by his pluck and trans
~-fusien cf blood from an Idahoan, who
also ha5 lived in Boise 'inis is dis
closed in l-tters received by Mrs.
Albert from the nurse attending Mr..
4 ert, who is now making her hcme
in Moscow. Prior tc entering the serv
ice Lieutenant Alblrt wss an en-
ploye as an electrical engineer with
the Idaho Power Company.
After reaching France he was made
commander of an unattached compan.
to take charge of the isearchlights on
the American front Durlag the per-
formanca Of mis- euties he was wound
ed, losing both legs, the littl: finger
of one hand, and bo5y wounds. To
save his life TRANSMISSION Of blood was
necessary. 1t happened that at the
dressing station to which he was TAX
en- there was DR.. Byrd, formerly Of
Boise, who offered his blood t. cave
the life Of the plucky lieutenant.
The story of Lieutenant Ai6erts
bravery and the strange coilo.d mt
by which a fellow Iiahoan saved MS
life is told in tha letters rece vi hyi
Mrs. Albert from Camilla Fr-adwel, /
lhe nurse in. change. In Cie o. th:m
she says in part:
'My dear Mrs. Albert: l am taking
the l.c-rty Of writing you as an Amer
iean nurse attached to the French
army, who had been able to care a
little for your husban4, who was brat
her wounded. OF course you have
none ,cf the dctails which III W sh
me to give to you, and r0ncwing
French, perhaps am in the best ros,-
tion as operating room nurse, to
give you.
l was not at his operation as he
was brot in before l came on duty,
but was called. Immediately after to
interpret, Owing to his wonderful
courage no one realized he was so
seriously wounded, because he had
to &C a long way to the first dr5ss-
ing station, he lost much bloc1' be-
fore he was again transferred here
after his first dressing, which VS.
done by DR.. Byrd Of Boise City-a
strange coincident.
TRANSMISSION WAS necessary. to save
his life and so this companion gave
his blood. When | felt him dyaw a
Nng breath again and saw him look
up | was happy and when he said to
me "Why. I'm all right l realized
what courage and bravery cur men
have. | could not remain with him, I
as other wounded called me to the s
operating rcum, but I Went oftsn to-
see him and help him over the hard {
places with the language and his 3,
S cond cTeration, the opening and J
closing Of another wound which WAS
not going just right. | mainedl tn c
Ak. He is now dctng very wei, his {
tenn rature is lower and TIE electors c
nre pleased with his condition | re- a
gret however, to tSll you that h? will a
never walk, but as / see the thous- h
ands of wounded you have much to
be thankful for. His body to below +
his hips is not injured, only the little o
finger of his right hand, which is d
very slight and his cheerful spirit Is a
wonderful which will help him grow /,
strcng and go back to you well. v
shall write to you algain-for wa will t
help him here until he is strong il
enough to be transferred to an Ameri' S
,an hospital in the interior of France. c
Owing to donations from American h
friends / have been able tc give him t
4 few little comforts, the wounded /
rarely get so near the front. This Is T
,ne of my objects in staying in the u
French army and near the front.
In her second letter Miss Treadweli v
says in part II
Dear Mrs. Albert am writing you g
again to tell you that your husbanG l,
was in such good condition, his
doing so nicely that he was X
to an ambulance father 81
rom the front where he will le in I'll
luieter surroundings and better car p;