about ten o’clock in the morning
It was all such a scene as Archie had never seen before , and would have made a great success as the scenario for a comic opera . But as a welcome to an army , supposedly victorious , it was a dismal failure , and Archie wondered what General Aguinaldo would think when he entered the town and saw such shoddy patriotism everywhere . He had n't long to wait , however , before seeing the famous rebel and the effect upon him of the celebration in his honour . It was about ten o'clock in the morning when he rode into the public square , followed by about two hundred ragged Filipinos , armed with all sorts of guns and pistols . Archie saw the arrival from the roof of the building which was his mock prison , and he could scarcely refrain from laughing outright when he saw the boasted Filipino `` army . '' It was the poorest excuse for a body of troops that he could imagine . Aguinaldo rode a fine bay horse , as did several of his followers , but by far the majority of the regiment , if such it could be called , was afoot , and most of them were barefooted , too .