1 Bucks County Intelligencer, Paid off. June 24, 1862 Page 3 Col. 1 1
Paid off.—Chaplain Wm. R. Gries, of the 104th
Regiment, arrived in Doylestown on Wednesday evening
last, with between seven and eight thousand dollars,
which had been sent home by him to their families or
friends, by the men of the regiment. Mr. Gries brought
with him in all about $10,000, belonging to the officers and
men of the regiment. Some of this sum was distributed
among the families of the men residing in Philadelphia,
and a portion of it was sent to Reading and Lehigh coun-
ty. The balance was brought to Doylestown. The men
received only two months of their backstanding pay,
leaving nearly two months’ pay yet due them. Only
those present and on duty received their pay. There is
some formality about drawing the pay of the sick and
wounded who are absent in the hospitals, and the balance
due to those who have been killed in battle or died in the
service. Descriptive lists, with the necessary vouchers,
have to be made out by the proper officers, and after these
undergo a certain routine of red tape the money can be
obtained. The sick and wounded will consequently have
to wait a short time for their pay. It will certainly be
along before a great while. The regiment at present oc-
cupies a position three or four miles from the front lines
of the army.