ðə sˈaɪz ʌv ðiːz jˈuːnɪts ɪŋkɹˈiːst dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə wˈɔːɹ ænd bˈɑːɡhoʊz nˈuːbɑːɹ ɡˈeɪv ðə sˈʌmɚɹi ʌv ðiːz jˈuːnɪts ɪn ɐ pˈʌblɪk lˈɛɾɚ tə ðə pˈæɹɪs pˈiːs kˈɑːnfɹəns, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn æz wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ɑːɹmˈiːniənz ɪnðə ɹˈʌʃən ˈɛmpaɪɚz vˌɑːləntˈɪɹ jˈuːnɪts ænd ɚɹˈaʊnd fˈoːɹɾi,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ ɑːɹmˈiːniən ɪɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ jˈuːnɪts.
The size of these units increased during the war and Boghos Nubar gave the summary of these units in a public letter to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919 as 150,000 Armenians in the Russian Empire's volunteer units and around 40,000 Armenian irregular units.