The Cuban Revolutionary Party was formed to organize another movement for an independent Cuba. Most members were male figures involved in the Ten Years War. There was a mentality that the men who should be included in the party should have a background in army combat. Martí, who did not have military experience, refused to be called President of the party, so he was given the name of Delegado. Three years before the Cuban War of Independence, Máximo Gómez was put in charge of the Party, and later led the invasion of Cuba in 1895. Because of his military leadership, Gómez was believed to provide a well-rounded perspective to the movement and to know how to portray a steady government instead of a colonial era situation.