Marinebrigade Ehrhardt
The highest-ranking general of the Reichswehr, Walther von Lüttwitz, refused to comply. He contributed to what became known as "Kapp Putsch", or "Lüttwitz-Kapp-Putsch", an effort by military and right-wing forces to overthrow the elected government and restore the monarchy. On 13 March 1920, the right-wing "Marinebrigade Ehrhardt" led by von Lüttwitz marched into Berlin, occupied the government buildings, and installed Wolfgang Kapp as new chancellor, calling for a return of the monarchy. To restore order, Noske asked Hans von Seeckt, who at the time was the head of the "Truppenamt im Reichswehrministerium", to order the regular army, the "Transitional Reichswehr", to put down the putsch. Von Seeckt and the other senior commanders, with the exception of General Walther Reinhardt, refused and the government was forced to flee from Berlin.