TOPIC: Life on board the transport ships

The accounts of troop movements to SA often contain no more than the start and end dates of the voyage.

I came across this brief account from The Times of 31 Oct 1899 about the Royal Dragoons:

"Spirits are carried as medical comforts" not exactly Royal Caribbean was it?

Frank,

See this extract from 'Diary of the 9th Lancers'.

Best,

Justin