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*[http:==References==<references//myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cmadge/Old%20Calcutta%20It%27s%20School%20Masters.pdf "Old Calcutta :It’s Schoolmasters"] article in the ''Calcutta Review'' July 1913 held on website of Madge Family of Bengal. >
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==Army Schoolmaster==
Initially, the regimental schoolmaster was a suitable [[Military ranks#Non-commissioned Officers|Non-commissioned Officer]] (NCO) appointed by the Commanding Officer. In 1846 civilians also became eligible to enlist as Army schoolmasters. Together they became members of the Corps of Army Schoolmasters.
Four classes of Army schoolmaster were introduced in 1854: the first class ranked as warrant officers and were senior to the sergeant-major, the second and third classes as staff sergeants, next below the sergeant-major, and the fourth consisted of assistant schoolmasters, ranking as sergeants.
Further changes were made in 1863, when the classification of Army schoolmaster was simplified to just two categories: superintending schoolmaster and schoolmaster. The former, reflecting the increased size of his responsibilities and inspection duties, was given the rank of ensign, the first time that an Army schoolmaster had been granted commissioned officer status. The loss of warrant rank in 1863 caused deep resentment.
Further changes came in 1881 with the establishment of a common rank of warrant officers which included Army schoolmasters who had completed 12 years' service. During the next decade this was reduced to eight years' service and in 1899 a limited number were promoted to first class warrant officer when that rank was introduced. However, only those who attained first class warrant rank before the age of 45 were eligible for promotion to a commission.
By the turn of the century all Army schoolmasters were ranked as first class staff-sergeants from the day that they took office and subsequently they could attain warrant officer and commissioned officer status.
<ref>All the information in this section is from ''The Army Schoolmaster And The Development Of Elementary Education In The Army, 1812-1920"
by Elaine Ann Smith 1993, particularly pages 275-284. Refer External links, above</ref>
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==External Links ==
*[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/cmadge/Old%20Calcutta%20It%27s%20School%20Masters.pdf "Old Calcutta :It’s Schoolmasters"] article in the ''Calcutta Review'' July 1913 held on website of Madge Family of Bengal.
*[http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019106/ ''The Army Schoolmaster And The Development Of Elementary Education In The Army, 1812-1920''] by Elaine Ann Smith. Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Education, University of London 1993. [http://eprints.ioe.ac.uk/19106/1/283368.pdf Alternative pdf link] eprints.ioe.ac.uk
**Page 272 of the latter link quotes the experience of W R Leaver, whose wife was an Army schoolmistress responsible for the infant school, both posted to Mian Mir, the cantonment near [[Lahore]] in 1901. The original account 'Reminiscences 0f W R Leaver, 1898-1919', undated, is to be found at the RAEC Archives [The Royal Army Educational Corps Archives, Wilton Park, Beaconsfield, Bucks].
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