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Hospital  and  Ambulance  Flags. 


GENERAL  ORDERS  J         HEADQUARTERS,  DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  GULF, 
No.  12.  j  A'eio  Orleans,  January  28,  1864. 

The  following  General  Order  from  the  War  Department,  Adjutant  General's 
Office,  is  republished  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  the  troops  in  this  Depart- 
ment : 

General  Orders  )  War  Department,  Adjutant  General's  Off:ck. 

No  9.  )  Washington,  January  4,  18G4. 

The  Hospital  and  Ambulance  Flags  of  the  Army  are  established  as  lollows : 

For  General  Hospitals,  yellow  bunting  9  by  5  feet,  with  the  letter  H.  24  inches 
long,  of  green  bunting,  in  centre. 

For  Post  and  Field  Hospitals,  yellow  buntiug  6  by  4  feet,  with  letter  H,  24 
inches  long,  of  green  bunting,  in  centre. 

For  ambulances  and  guidons  to  mark  the  way  to  Field  Hospitals,  yellow  bunting 
14  by  28  inches,  with  a  border,  one  inch  deep,  of  green. 

By  ordek  OF  the  Secretary  of  War: 

E.  D.  TOWNSEND, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 

By  command  of  Major  General  Banks  : 

GEORGE  B.  DRAKE, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 
Official  : 


Assistant  Adjutant  General.