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 A more formal company, the "Washington College Archers" came from the Phalanx in 1834 and comprised a greater number of students. The College Archers had "striking uniforms... green turbans with black plumes and green frocks and white trousers." Officers wore swords and cadets carried bows and arrows. They appeared "on every public occasion" and " headed every parade."  A more formal company, the "Washington College Archers" came from the Phalanx in 1834 and comprised a greater number of students. The College Archers had "striking uniforms... green turbans with black plumes and green frocks and white trousers." Officers wore swords and cadets carried bows and arrows. They appeared "on every public occasion" and " headed every parade." 
  
-The Archers declined and ultimately disappeared sometime in the late 1830s, coinciding with "the rise of the uniformed fire companies of Hartford."+The Archers declined and ultimately disappeared sometime in the late 1830s, coinciding with "the rise of the uniformed fire companies of Hartford." 
  
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