in 1746, during king george's war, schuyler, a colonel of militia, raised a detachment of 500 volunteer soldiers to fight in the jersey blues. after arriving in albany in september 1746, the expedition was abandoned and his soldiers complained and threatened to leave. he wrote to the governor in february 1747, asking for a surgeon, medicine, clothing, flints, bread and peas. governor hamilton replied in may 1747, complimenting col. schuyler for his zeal and offered each man "two speckled shirts and one pair of shoes." as this did little to calm down his men, he paid thousands of his own pounds to still the situation. later, schuyler and his detachment were sent to saratoga to garrison the fort.