 After attending a further meeting on 3 October, Hitler stated to Mayr in his report "must join this club or party, as these were the thoughts of the soldiers from the front-line".In March 1920, Mayr sent Hitler, Dietrich Eckart and Ritter von Greim to Berlin to observe at close range the events of the Kapp Putsch.On 8 July 1920, Mayr was released from military service as a major of the General Staff of the military district commands VII, but reappeared in September 1920 as commander of Section I b/P of army intelligence.