1897年,共和党重主白宫,西奥多·罗斯福被任命为海军部副部长。西班牙战争正式爆发前,罗斯福当机立断,做出了一生事业中最大胆的举动——未经获准,就下令海军准将杜威出战,先法制人,使海军在马尼拉湾一战中大胜。这个时候,罗斯福不满于在华盛顿做一个战争的观察家,他辞去海军部副部长,组织了一支志愿骑兵团,一举冲陷了古巴圣胡安高地。 In 1897, the Republican main White House, Theodore Roosevelt was appointed Deputy Minister of the Navy. Before the Spanish war broke out formally, Roosevelt made a prompt decision to make the most daring move in his career - without permission, he ordered Admiral Dewey to play the first legal person to make the Navy win the war in Manila Bay. At this time, Roosevelt was dissatisfied with observers who made a war in Washington. He resigned as Deputy Minister of the Navy and organized a volunteer cavalry regiment to plunge into the San Juan Heights in Cuba.