Munitions being stored on the site were destroyed, and a civilian guard was injured.

The civilian guards occasionally selected people for a spot search and sooner or later he would be chosen.

Not even a civilian guard to watch these halls, he thought, mildly annoyed.

The remainder of those with steady jobs are mostly fishermen, municipal employees or civilian guards for the Navy.

"I didn't say anything then because of the way things were," he said, noting that the prison now has civilian guards.

The Marine force that backed up the civilian guards was technically under the command of a captain.

"Still there," the civilian guard reported when he came back in.

If nothing else, the incident outside the gate had told the Marine and civilian guards that their jobs were valuable.

When the nervous civilian guards asked what they were doing, the white seamen explained.

Two civilian guards raise their rifles, aim at his chest and order him to stop.