This order was thoroughly effective. Attempts were made to conceal arms, but the negroes complained of them in order to get the rewards, and whoever concealed them were dealt with in a manner that showed the folly of such conduct. Well-known and well-tried Union men were allowed, upon application to the provost court, to retain their arms. There were delivered up to my officer rising six thousand. Further, to prevent the possibility of organization, the coming together of any number of people, save the police and fire brigade, was prohibited by a general order. My system of information was so perfect that there could be no considerable breach of that order without my knowledge, as we have seen. From the first, I felt perfectly safe in New Orleans, and I immediately arranged to hold the city proper with a very small force in view of the possible prevalence of yellow fever, which, thank heaven! did not come. When my guards were posted, I had as a reserve force less than two hundred and fifty men. My whole army was regarded by the rebels as very small, yet I held the whole of Western Louisiana east of the Red River. I sent small parties of troops when necessary everywhere in it, and no one was ever disturbed except a small party under a flag of truce, which was seized. Governor Moore, on June 12, sent the following information to President Davis:--
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