Show COMMANDER IDE RELIEVED BELIEVED I 1 charged with treating admiral meado meade with disrespect washington june li 17 T commander C om mander george ide of the alert now at panama has been relieved ot of his command by a cablegram order ile he will be succeeded 3 by commander franklin hanford at present on duty at the new I 1 york navy yard who will take the steamer on july tor for the isthmus commander ide however will yv be relieved immediately not acl being n P allowed to retain his command un until ili his 2113 successor reaches his ship the reason tor for this summary action ts Is found in charges preferred by admiral sieade that the commander had treated him with disrespect the exact nature of these charges was riot not made public at the navy department but it la is known that the incident occurred at meade and assistant secretary mcadoo cAdoo SI while cruising in the caribbean sea had touched tou cheil at colon and the two officials crossed the isthmus to panama orthe or tile railroad here they met commander ide and it was during this meeting the incident occurred that led the admiral to prefer charges against the I 1 commander the tha department acted deliberately in I 1 the matter making a careful Invest ima tion into the case and aal finally sending copies 0 of the charges bygall to commander I 1 r ide to afford him an opportunity to defend himself ap apparently parent ly his answer was not satisfactory as his removal from his command followed ollow cd ide will go on waiting orders tor for an indefinite per led ef time lime |