Mr. LANE, of Indiana. Of course not. The Senator is always too arliamentary for that. Now, Mr. President, what has been the history of military trials in times past? From the ver beginnin of the Government the Rules andyArticles 0 War authorized the organization of courts martial and courts of inquiry, and in the administration of military law it was found necessary to appoint some officer of the government who should alike represent the interests of the Government and protect the rights of the individual, and that o 'cer was called a judge advocate, and he was selected for each special trial by appointment of the commanding general or of the SecyWar. So the administration of military justice stood at the beginning of the present rebellion. There has been no military trial without a judge advocate. At the close of the session of 1863, I think, we organized the Bureau of Military Justice, authorizing the appointment of a Judge Advocate General and certain asst judge advo cates general, who should discharge the duties of judge advocates to the ordinary courts mar tial, under the rules and relgulations for the [government of the Army. hat is the prowsion of the law as it now stands. This bill proposes to reduce the number of asst judge advocates general to ten. Under the bill organizing the Bureau of Military Jus tice, a Judge Advocate General and an asst were appointed, and a judge advocate for every army in the field. We propose by this provision to retain in service the Judge acvocate General and one asst, and the judge advocates with the rank and pay of major, so long as the SecyWar shall believe their services are necessary, authorizing him at any moment to discharge the whole ten, leaving simply the judge A vocate General and his assistant, the Judge Advocate General with the rank of brigadier general and his asst with the rank of colonel. Now, what is the necessity for the continuance of‘the Bureau of Military Justice? In the 1st place, more than 5,000 claims are now before Judge Holt, the Judge Advocate General, which have not yet been passed upon. A trial is bad; a decision rendered; it is referred to the Judge Advocate General; he di ests and arranges the evidence and then refers it to the President for final adjudication. There are more than 5,000 cases now pending in that bureau.