Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-21
OUR MILITARY BUDGET
FROM HALLECK,s ARMY

. FhOM HALLECh'S ARMY.
The latest kilograms received here from Gen
Haileck's army are up to est evening, when all
was apparently quie! there.
Thirty THOUSAND.
The New York Tibsne aud other papers. In
4 rm their readers that Gen. McDoveII's CORPS,
g :hirtY thousand strong" and other Imperial
r=inforcements, have gone to Mcclellan. P.haw
COMING TO WASHINGTON.
MAJOR General Pope, who has so greatly distin.
gushed himself by his operations In the West, +,
shortly expected 10 be In Washington, at the in.
Fitahon OF the Government
FROM THEsPENINsULA.
The War Department have information. Ne,
telegraph, from General McCIeilan,s headon,r.
tefs this morning. As the kilograms relate Z,
routine army business, 1t Is i1ferable that there
has teen no very recent collision in that Quarter
worthy to be ielegraphed to this point.
COMMODORE DAVIS SQUADRON
Tee reason my We hear so little of late con.
ceihiag current operations Of Commodore Davis,
squsdroH 10 because ncs' ot the vcs.els cop,nr;.
sing II are doubtless up the White river In chase
o. ne reoei gunooats that escaped the destructlo
OF taeir neet In the late laval action before Men,
phis
SEIZED.
r
fcer, Col. Baker, caused the seizure Of the ,cbo
'Ts Wild Ranger, Capt. Crawford, and yictorv.
Capt Petty, the former IN Oocoquan Bay. Their
csfgoes were principally OF whissy-cou,ra-
Iand-and their destination was fer the arnov a,
IfeGerleksburg. They cleared from this po-t
and are alleged 10 have been thus imp,operlv
Iosded oy Washington merchants. The chsnrss
s'e ten 10 enc taet the speeuIatoas OF 80 LOADING
them will turn out dead Loss.
NOMINATIONS AND APPoIN rMENTs
The President yesterday nominated to the Son
S'e Col. John Cochrane and Gu.t.yus AdoInh,,S
Scrogss, beth CT New York, to be briSaGier qen.
erals Of volunteers.
Paym4stsr George Lawrence has been ordered
10 The gunboat Conemaugb; Assistant Paymaste-
Edward Bellows Is ordered to the punhoa,
sonora; Alber: q. Pembie has been appointed
acd.g nrss assistant engineer, and ordered to the
steam sloop 6lspee.
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A USIoN e,,c
The following rule is obtained from an orice,
OF The Navy, and at this time when MANY n.r.o,.
are des'Tous 70 construct Union ags and ino nIrv
Is frsq lrntly made In Consequence Of the propsr
rroPoflons OF such dag, may be useful The
l49Gtn OF the nas Is, OF coUr.e, proportional IN
the width OF the stripes, there being thirteen a
tie latter red and white alternately the red hain
tne nrss and last Tie length Of the flag should
be twice the width, less the width Of one strfue
or equal to the width Of twenty. We stripes. TIE
dimensions CT the Dag therefore are twenty q We
u thirteen The blue, or Union square, at the
upper mead corner Is Of course, equal In width 10
seven stripes, Ia WI lite stripe coming pext n a
naderneeth.) II should IN length equal ten. 10,
t"O-rfths OF the length Of the fag) The num-
Der OF stars equal the number OF the States. f3iN
and should be arranged In seven perpendieuIs,
lows the hrst or last row containing four stars
oaiY, the others five stars each Or the stars NAV
&c arranged In five horizontal rows, four rows
containing seven stars each. and one row six