GENERAL ORDERS, 
No. 9. 
WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Adjutant General’s Office, 
Washington, January 4,1864. 
The Hospital and Ambulance Flags of the Army are established as 
follows: 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 bunting 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 order of the Secretary of War : 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 
Official : 
Assistant Adjutant General.