28 APRIL 1917, Page 15

OUR FLYING MEN.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—It seems curious that, though prayers are offered for the Navy and Army and hymns have been written especially for their use, no particular mention is made of a quite separate but equally important branch of the Services—i.e., the Royal Flying Corps. Every one must admit that the dangers and hardships to which they are exposed can hardly be equalled, and yet one practically never hears special prayer offered for them. Is there no prayer or hymn set apart for the flying men, and could not attention ho drawn to this omission? Many people seem hardly to think of their magnificent deeds and the services they render, but if they were remembered and prayed for publicly it Might bring homo a realization of their dangerous work and splendid sacrifices.—I am, Sir, ate.,