in one of the reports it was stated that "the police waits for the army, while the army waits for the police". to prevent such problems in the future it was decided to combine the police with the army. on august 8, the council of ministers decided that a special militarised border police be created for the defence of the eastern frontier. it also granted significant amounts of money for construction of fortified barracks and police stations in the area. until november of the same year more than 3,5 million plz were spent on that purpose. on september 17, 1924, the new formation was officially created under the name of border defence corps.