GRITII FYRD.
Some further inquiry into the aims and activities of the ingenious group of craftsmen who have christened themselves Grith Fyrd suggests that the idea is acquiring a good deal of momentum. The title means " Peace Army," and the ultimate idea is to form a large body of men. and perhaps women:ivho will be organized, through their knowledge of camp life, to give volunteer service for any useful or beautify- ing work that may be needed in any rural district. The first camp at Godshill, Fordingbridge, Hants, promises well ; and the general secretary, Grith Fyrd Camps, Tciynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London, receives an increasing number of inquiries. One of the needs is access to land, both for camping and for cultivation. When one considers the lamentable number of acres for which no cultivator can be found, though the use of the land may be had for nothing, the scheme should have a very far-flung influence. It is a happy thought that unemployment after Alt itnplieS leisure for work, especially voluntary work, of which the best is cultivating the garden of England and abolishing its excrescences.
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