Marinebrigade Ehrhardt
On 29 February 1920, Defence Minister Noske ordered the disbandment of two of the most powerful "Freikorps", the "Marinebrigade Loewenfeld" and the "Marinebrigade Ehrhardt". The commander of the latter, "Korvettenkapitän" Hermann Ehrhardt, declared that the unit would refuse to disband. On 30 February, it staged a parade without inviting Noske. Lüttwitz said at the parade that he would "not accept" the loss of such an important unit. Several of Lüttwitz's officers were horrified at this open rejection of the government's authority and tried to mediate by setting up a meeting between von Lüttwitz and the leaders of the two major right-wing parties. Lüttwitz listened to and remembered their ideas, but was not dissuaded from his course of action. Noske then removed the "Marinebrigade" from Lüttwitz's command. Lüttwitz ignored the order, but agreed to a meeting with President Ebert suggested by his staff.