 He was called "Father of the Freikorps" as he relied heavily on these paramilitary units in late 1918 and early 1919 after the regular troops had turned out to be unreliable.In this function, he directed the suppression of the Spartakus Uprising by the "Freikorps" in January 1919 under the orders of Minister of Defence Gustav Noske.In March 1919, Lüttwitz' position was renamed "Oberbefehlshaber des Reichswehr-Gruppenkommandos 1".