Hospital ana Ambulance Flags.
GENERAL ORDERS 1     HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF,
      No. 12.       j                     Few 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 Office.
     No 9.      )                           Washington, January 4, 18G4.
    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 o;< 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.