American artist Hugh Troy (1906-1964), a famous illustrator of books and a great lover of games, served as a chancellor in one of the army training camps during the Second World War. He was plagued by the need to fill out a huge number of forms, information and reports. As a protest, he invented a special report on the number of flies caught in the officer’s dining room. He sent a report to the Pentagon on a daily basis. Day after day these reports went to the Defense Ministry until the inevitable happened: someone in the Pentagon wondered why only one training company sends such a report? Where are the others? Do some officers neglect their duties?
One day, two officers from another unit approached Troy and asked him if he knew what the report about the flies they had caught was required from them.
Of course, I know,” replied Troy. I send my report every day.
After hearing his story, the officers that they had not been sent the corresponding forms and they did not know how to report for the fly. Then the artist offered them forms, independently printed on the rotator, and showed them how to fill them. So the number of papers coming to the Pentagon immediately increased. As far as we know, generals began to demand such reports from other parts. However, how this story ended is unknown: the Pentagon archives relating to this time are still classified.