That "round Robin."

Washington, Aug. 9. - General Shafter has telegraphed the president regarding the publication of the "Round Robin" signed by the general officers of his oommand, as follows: "I can very readily see what intense excitement the publication must have occasioned: a creat dpal rnnrp tlian th B.tuation warr-anted. The situation i greatly aggravated irom the fact tha j Wore any of the men were taken il j tftey were thoroughly exhaustèd A least seveaty-flve per cent. of the com mand have been down with malaria fever, from which they recover very slowly and are in no condition to stand an attack of yellow fever or dysentery Placed here now in the condition in which they were when they carne here I do not believe they would be in any particular danger. The regiment oí immunes that recently arrived is not suffering at all and I don't believe they will. They can keep out of the sun, are well clothed and well fed. What put my command in its present condition was the twenty days of campaign when they had nothing but meat, bread and coffee, without change of clothes, without any shelter whatever and during the period twice as stormy as it has been since the surrender. Fresh troops reaching here in the middle of August with good camps, good water, abundance of tentage- which they will find here- need not apprehend serious danger. I thank you for the high regard in which you hold my command and the value of the service they have rendered. It pays for ali the suffering we have endured. T have read this to Generáis Wheeler, Lawton, Bates and Kent, who concur with me in the view expressed above."