"I'll give your name and number to the Nazgul"

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Oooh... I think I remember that part now. And it makes a bit of sense as well, what with Sauron's thirst for organization... Just goes to show what the world would become if we let neat-freaks take over! Found another (or maybe the same) reference:

Up you get and fall in, or I'll have your numbers and report you.

That's where Frodo and Sam get picked up by the Orc company...

Just another point on how Sauron didn't care a whit about his minions. They weren't lives to him, they were tools.

Fea