War Department orders established the Infantry Board on 15 December 1919 as a development and testing laboratory with a permanent station at Fort Benning, Georgia, and its mission was to consider, with continuity of effort, the improvement of the Infantry. Its history coincided with that of the Infantry Center and Fort Benning, "The Home of the Infantry." From its beginning, it was concerned with everything the Infantry soldier used, including items he shot, rode in, slept in, ate, wore, or used to accomplish tactical missions under combat conditions, and products used by the infantryman in those conditions had been tested by the Infantry Board. In keeping with its mission, the Infantry Board’s motto was "ONLY THE BEST FOR THE FINEST!" From 1946 to 1991, the Infantry Board was headquartered in Building 76 on Anderson Street, and it was discontinued effective 23 March 1991.