 When in April 1925 Hitler and Ludendorff disapproved of the proposals under which Röhm was prepared to integrate the 30,000-strong "Frontbann" into the SA, Röhm resigned from all political groups and military brigades on 1 May 1925.He felt great contempt for the "legalistic" path the party leaders wanted to follow and sought seclusion from public life.In 1928, he accepted a post in Bolivia as adviser to the Bolivian Army, where he was given the rank of lieutenant colonel.