At Fort Missoula, the INS enclosed the detention camp with a 10-foot-tall fence nearly 5,000 feet long around 33 acres, with a 40-foot guard tower at each corner, additional fences around the hospital and some barracks, and ground-level guard houses at the entrances where visitors and staff checked in. The towers were linked by telephone to the main office and equipped with radios, billy clubs, gas masks, and 37mm tear gas guns. Local Border Patrol officers provided security, with some stationed in the towers and others patrolling the fenced camp on horseback or on foot, while Missoula police, Spokane District Border Patrol guards, and members of the local Rod and Gun Club stood by. Most guards were unarmed, and the patrol saw little action, with some of the only disturbances arising from Italian soccer matches. Border Patrol officer John C. Moe recalled working inside unarmed and alone among 1,300 Italians, speaking with Italian officers to learn camp conditions and to help prevent escapes or hostilities among detainees.