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Some warmly advocated a moderate use of spirits . Others declared that stimulants were poison . One advised that all exercise should be taken between five and seven in the morning . Another insisted that on no account should anyone stir out until the sun had been up for an hour , which meant that no one should go out till half past seven . One said take exercise and excite perspiration . Another urged that any bodily exercise should be avoided . One consistent gentleman , after having written some letters to the papers strongly advocating the use of white troops upon the coast instead of West Indian regiments , when written to by Sir Garnet Wolseley for his advice as to articles of outfit , replied that the only article which he could strongly commend would be that each officer should take out his coffin .