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Among the contractors who were fortunate enough to receive Government orders for work in connection with the housing of troops in South Africa were Messrs Bruce and Still, the well-known contractors for iron, steel, and wooden buildings, of 49, Sefton-street, Liverpool. They were instructed, on August 12th, to provide no fewer than ten of what are known as "huts" for the use of the troops. As these huts are 113 feet long by 26 feet wide, the magnitude of the order can easily be gauged, and the accompanying illustration will give a clearer idea of the comfortable manner in which the troops are housed. Outside the steel and iron work requisite for the construction of these buildings, no less than 300 tons of timber was used. Messrs Bruce and Still are further to be congratulated on the fact that they not only turned out the work in a manner highly satisfactory to the Government inspectors, but completed the contract and had the huts shipped by the contract time, October 31st.
The North Wales Chronicle, Saturday 8th December 1900

I wonder if they were as comfortable on the inside as the article suggests?