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School Room
The schoolmasters and schoolmistresses of the fort were civilians, who qualified
for their posts through a two year course at Chelsea Asylum. They were paid
twice as much as a common soldier, and the schoolmaster held the honorary
rank of Staff Sergeant. At the age of 14, the children had the choice of remaining with the army, or looking for work in town. Many chose the army, because if they stayed in town, they would be left behind when the regiment moved on. Boys could join the army as soldiers; girls, at the age of 14, had two years in which to find a husband before they were forced to leave the fort. Soldiers were not permitted to marry before they had achieved 14 years of good service in the Army, thus girls usually married men more than twice their age.
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