. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . the rec-ords in the adjutant-generals ofifice at theState House show thatwhen he enlisted, inJune, 1S62, in de-fence of the Union,he was only nineteenyears old. He wentto the front as amember of CompanyF, Th irty-e i gh t hMassachusetts Vol-unteers, and servedin Virginia andMaryland until hisregiment was orderedto join the Banks ex-]jedition to the De-pa r t m e n t of theGulf. Eleven monthsafter Mr. Orcutt lefthome, he was de-tailed for duty atGeneral Bank
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . the rec-ords in the adjutant-generals ofifice at theState House show thatwhen he enlisted, inJune, 1S62, in de-fence of the Union,he was only nineteenyears old. He wentto the front as amember of CompanyF, Th irty-e i gh t hMassachusetts Vol-unteers, and servedin Virginia andMaryland until hisregiment was orderedto join the Banks ex-]jedition to the De-pa r t m e n t of theGulf. Eleven monthsafter Mr. Orcutt lefthome, he was de-tailed for duty atGeneral Banks head-quarters, and duringthe expedition abovementioned he served so creditably in the ordnance and engineering depart-ment that he received the commission of lieutenant ofengineers. His next work was in connection with theTexas expedition, and he did excellent service on theRio Grande. After a visit to Mexico, where Maximilianwas then reigning, he returned to the Gulf headquarters,where he served until February, 1865, when he washonorably mustered out of service, and immediatelywent to his home. Mr. Orcutts first business venture. F. E. ORCUTT was in 1874, when he became interested in the customclothing trade, in the firm of Allen & Orcutt, laterStarratt & Orcutt. In 1887 he became financial mana-ger of the Middleton Paper Mill Company, and twoyears later was ajipointed by President Harrison collec-tor of internal re\enue for the Massachusetts district, aposition which he occupies at the present time. Tothis position and the business lines above indicatedMr. Orcutt has devoted the most of his energies, but they fall far short oftelling the story ofhis active businesslife. For example, heis the president ofthe Colorado FarmLoan Company, pres-ident of the SilverLight Gas Company,and a director of theStandard Coal Com-pany. He has alwaysbeen a prominentmember of the GrandArmy of the Repub-lic, and his interestin the welfare of thatorganization led himto give aid and coun-sel to
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