Show ew ships loft for new aarons new york doc 20 A special to the new york herald from washington says secretary long acting secretary alien and captain chief of the bureau of navigation have been giving a great deal of attention to the number and character of ships to be distributed among the north atlantic european and south atlantic stations it Is desired to retain a strong force on the home station and to send a respectable naval force to europe tout the ships available in view of the strengthening of hear admiral command are very few the only armor dads under the command of rear admiral sampson are the battleships indiana massachusetts and texas and the cruisers brooklyn and new york only four protected cruisers are in commission on the north atlantic coast the chicago cincinnati cin nati newark and new orleans the new orleans will be placed out of corn mission to receive several improvements and the smokestack of the newark is to be lengthened the cincinnati upon arrival at new york will also bo placed out 0 commission it Is expected that the cruiser atlanta will be commissioned next month the newark will likely be sent to the south atlantic as the flagship of that station antl she will be reinforced by the wll and castane Cast lne most of the gunboats gun boats which are being prepared at the navy yards will ba required for service in cuba and porto alcan waters and will bo attached to the north atlantic squadron |