Show Established is led P Practices ti Were Violated Wash Washington 1 March 29 Efforts 9 Efforts f controvert testimony of or Rear Rc William B. B Fletcher that his orders 1 r. r i s garding tho the convoy con In which the trans trall transport transport port Antilles was sunk were weN disobeyed marked the conclusion today toda- of ot th thu officers officer's examination cross by hy counse for Rear Admiral Sims before the naval na eta- val al court investigating in his hid from the Brest command in October 1917 Admiral Fletcher would not admit that thal because his specific order lid did no n enjoin Lieutenant Comma Fr oI Freman e man escort commander to hold th thu convoy together It was w Uter lI obeyed when the convoy con proceeded h two t divisions Commander T violated Iola esta established practice he Insisted in insisted as the general plan plait o oi opera operation ra tion as understood at nt the tho time timo pro tho the sailing of ot sn sIngle convoys cOn Ho He contended that the tho written ortle orde should have been construed construct in the l' l h hor of or this general doctrine Under examination cross-examination by byi his IJ i n counsel Admiral Fletcher said st la lac lack etc t o 0 o definite information as to h thC tho of or troop convoys off Franco had harl mad 1 It difficult for tor his escort forces to pro protect them thern in unknown French waters water Communication from the convoys j li tl shore was as not permitted ho ito said slId ani au authere there thoro was often orten wide discrepancy be between between tween the tho actual and anuj predicted 1 tim of ot arrival Capt Thomas P. P I Admira Fletchers Fletcher's chief of ot staff at Brest ar arrived arrived rived today from Paris where h hd he I tu detailed a as naval to r oe cc fore tho the court as an Interested party part Admiral Fletcher has charged tha thaI did not render him loyal loal support |